Two Friends and Interlopers Vocab Quiz Judd

succor

relief, help in time of distress or want

precipitous

very steep

pinioned

Confined; held down

pestilential

filled with disease; contagious

condolence

an expression of sympathy

interloper

one who moves in where he or she is not wanted or has no right to be, an intruder

draft

a gulp or swallow, sip

marauder

a raider/thief

acquiesce

to agree without protesting

languor

Lack of physical or mental energy, weak

emaciated

abnormally thin or weak, especially because of illness or a lack of food.

ethereal

lacking material substance, light, feathery, heavenly

usurper

take illegally or by force

afford

to provide or offer

dejectedly

sadly; depressed or disheartened

fanatical

obsessive; fixated; enthusiastic

rejuvenated

made new or young again

atrocity

An act of great cruelty and wickedness

eccentric

unconventional and slightly strange

pensive

thoughtful

unperturbed

not concerned, free of worry