Alas Babylon 7-8 Vocab

**abated**

to beat down

**foraging**

search for food

**fastidious**

difficult to please

**ignoramus**

a stupid person

**hoarded**

hide

**self-preservation**

keeping oneself from danger

**jodhpurs**

wide hipped riding pants

**brash**

boldy, pushy

**buoyant**

cheerful, bubly

**barter**

trade

**alimony**

paid to spouse for support

**farrow**

a little of pigs

**disparity**

inequality

**squander**

to be wasteful

**insidious**

treacherous, harmful

**remunerative**

profitable compensation

**pablum**

simple idea

**dilapidated**

falling to pieces

**pillaged**

to steal

**degradation**

demotion, put down