1.strip v.
2.delusion n.
One is stripped of the delusion that one likes oneself.
3.tremor n.
a mind should have nonetheless made painstaking record of its every tremor
4.unnerve v.
I was unnerved by it.
5.exempt
6.hamper
curiously exempt from the cause-effect relationships which hampered others.
7.stature
I must have recognized that the situation lacked real tragic stature.
8.totem
lost a certain touching faith in the totem power of good manners.
9.amulet
10.pin
To such doubtful amulets had my self-respect been pinned.
11.nonplussed
12.apprehension
I faced myself that day with the nonplussed apprehension of someone.
13.credential