vadium
escrow, hock, hostage, token payment ,
bilked - baffled, baulked, betrayed, blasted, blighted, crestfallen, crushed, dashed, defeated, disappointed, disillusioned, dissatisfied, foiled, frustrated, let down,
again and again - ad infinitum, at a stretch, ceaselessly, commonly, connectedly, constantly, continually, continuously, cumulatively, cyclically, day after day, day by day, endlessly, frequently, habitually,
loss of reason - aberration, abnormality, alienation, brain damage, daftness, dementia, derangement, disorientation, distraction, furore, irrationality, lunacy, madness, mania, mental deficiency,
feel sure - bet on, gamble on, go without saying, know, rest assured ,
remove from office - break, bust, cashier, defrock, depose, dethrone, disbar, dismiss, displace, drum out, excommunicate, expel, give the gate, kick upstairs, liquidate,
lower the spirits - beat down, cast down, damp, dampen, darken, dash, deject, depress, discourage, dishearten, dispirit, knock down, lour, lower, oppress,
historian - annalist, chronicler, diarist ,
awareness - alertness, appreciation, appreciativeness, assiduity, assiduousness, attention, attention span, attentiveness, care, cognition, cognizance, concentration, consciousness, consideration, diligence,
ill-treat - abuse, batter, bruise, buffet, damage, grind, ill-use, injure, knock about, malodorous, maltreat, manhandle, maul, mishandle, mistreat,
throw overboard - abandon, abstract, bounce, cast, cast away, cast off, cast out, chuck, clear, clear away, clear out, clear the decks, cut out, deep six, deport,
again and again - ad infinitum, at a stretch, ceaselessly, commonly, connectedly, constantly, continually, continuously, cumulatively, cyclically, day after day, day by day, endlessly, frequently, habitually,
loss of reason - aberration, abnormality, alienation, brain damage, daftness, dementia, derangement, disorientation, distraction, furore, irrationality, lunacy, madness, mania, mental deficiency,
feel sure - bet on, gamble on, go without saying, know, rest assured ,
remove from office - break, bust, cashier, defrock, depose, dethrone, disbar, dismiss, displace, drum out, excommunicate, expel, give the gate, kick upstairs, liquidate,
lower the spirits - beat down, cast down, damp, dampen, darken, dash, deject, depress, discourage, dishearten, dispirit, knock down, lour, lower, oppress,
historian - annalist, chronicler, diarist ,
awareness - alertness, appreciation, appreciativeness, assiduity, assiduousness, attention, attention span, attentiveness, care, cognition, cognizance, concentration, consciousness, consideration, diligence,
ill-treat - abuse, batter, bruise, buffet, damage, grind, ill-use, injure, knock about, malodorous, maltreat, manhandle, maul, mishandle, mistreat,
throw overboard - abandon, abstract, bounce, cast, cast away, cast off, cast out, chuck, clear, clear away, clear out, clear the decks, cut out, deep six, deport,