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