Answer:
1. trickery, or mayhem
2. Active opposition/hostility to a group
3. before the big event
4. cut on the skin (can be deep cut)
5. suspect
6. retreat
7. tired
8. the ability to persist
9. it's like walking with difficulty
10. really, really, sad or lonely. hard/unlikely to achieve something
11. the opposite of relaxed (tense)
12. Having control over someone basically
13. Subdued is being taken down.
14. A cruel, malign, leader. (dictator)
15. property is something that belongs to someone
16. elapsed means passing. (Walking by, passing by, etc)
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