All terms in this list:
preculude: prevent; make impossible in advanced; to shut out, exclude
retribution: payback; punishment for a misdeed, revenge
accost: to greet, especially in an aggressive way
afflict: to distress with continued suffering or sickening (mental or physical
explicit: clearly stated
recoil: to draw back, stagger back
termination: end
subside: settle down; become less active or intense, calming down
impunity: freedom from consequences
immolation: destruction
immolate: to sacrifice; especially to kill as a sacrifice
virtuoso: skill in a particular field/ technique; connoisseur, collector
palpable: able to touched or felt; noticeable; describable, emotionally
indolent: lazy; idle
bizarre: odd in appearance
naive: unsophisticated, no experience
scruples: misgivings about something one feels is wrong, guidance
blandly: in a mild and soothing manner
grotesque: having a strange, bizarre design, gross
futile: hopeless
palatial: as luxurious as a palace; like a palace
precipitous: steep; sheer; of the nature of a precipice (as a rock/cliff)
marauders: raiders; people who take goods by force
medley: mixture of things not usually found together
condolence: expressions of sympathy with grieving person's pain
languor: lack of vigor; weakness; weariness
succor: relief, aid; assistance
doleful: melancholy; mournful
declassee: reduced or degraded from one's social status/class; one who has been so reduced or degraded
rueful: feeling sorrow or regret
resplendent: shining brightly
disheveled: disarranged and untidy
profound: deep intense
dowry: property/wealth that a woman brought to her husband at marriage
dowdy: shabby
dispossess: to deprive (someone) of a possession, as of a house or land; eject
wrentched: sunk in dejection; profoundly unhappy causing misery or grief despicable; contemptible
innate: native to or original with the individual; inborn; natural immediately in or from the mind or intellect rather then acquired by experience; intuitive
redolent: full of or diffusing a pleasant fragrance; odorous; often figuratively (redolent of the past)
resign: to give over (oneself, one's mind) as to fate or domination
inconspicuous: attracting little attention; not readily noticeable; ordinary
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