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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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