Pall 1100 Words You Need Week 41 Day 1

Pall 1100 Words You Need Week 41 Day 1

Pall 1100 Words You Need Week 41 Day 1

/pɔːl/ US /pɑːl/ (noun & verb)

to become less interesting, appealing or enjoyable, lose its attraction, fade, wither, go sour, a piece of fabric used to cover the coffin at a funeral, coffin, coffin covering, cloak or veil, a dark cloud of smoke or dust, a negative atmosphere, gloom, despair

Officially, we had been assigned to guard against infiltration by spies, on the basis, I suppose, that it takes one to know one; in fact, we found ourselves dividing our energies between day-today security administration, and eavesdropping on the private lives of the battalion. I confess I derived a certain nasty enjoyment from the task of censoring the men’s letters home; a prurient interest in other’s people’s privacy is one of the first requirements for a good spy. But this pleasure soon palled. I have a high regard for the English fighting man — I do, really — but his prose style, I am afraid, is not among his more admirable qualities.

Source: The book, The Untouchable By John Banville

Antonym: to become more and more interesting