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Despoil
steal goods; take as spoils
Inexorable
(unstoppable) not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty
Incredulity
doubt about the truth of something
Emaciated
extremely thin because of starvation
Requisition
The act of requiring; an authoritative request or demand, especially by a military or public authority that takes something over (usually temporarily for military or public use)
Retinue
The group following and attending to some important person
Pilfer
Make off with belongings of others
Capitulate
Surrender under agreed conditions
Pecuniary
Relating to or involving money
Haggard
Appearing exhausted and unwell, usually from suffering or worry
Stolid
having or revealing little emotion or sensibility; not easily aroused or excited
Epoch
A period of time defined by some major event
Evince
Give expression to
Inscrutable
Impossible to figure out or understand, obscure and confusing
Potentate
A ruler who is unconstrained by law
Compatriot
A person from your own country
Superlative
The highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development
Placid
(Of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves, calm
Evanescence
The event of fading and gradually vanishing from sight
Sonorous
Full and loud and deep
Repast
A meal
Immolate
To sacrifice by setting on fire
Teeming
Be full or swarming with something (needs a direct object)
Congenial
Friendly, sharing interests
Florid
Red in the face
Stipulation
A condition that goes along with an agreement
Compunetion
The guilty feeling after doing something bad
Albeit
Even though, admittedly
Repose
A state of rest, peace
Languishing
Growing weak, feeble
Blight
A plant disease, also used to describe a general state of being diseased
Trenchant
Having a sharp edge (modern meaning: caustic, sharp in tone or expression)
Vociferate
To shout loudly
Aprocryphal
Doubtful, but widely considered to be true, of an accepted untruth
Gossamer
Light, thin, delicate, fine or filmy
Profligate
Adj- recklessly wasteful or extravagant
Noun- immoral, reckless person
Obsequious
Overly, ridiculously obedient and servile
Feint
Noun- a deceptive move, especially in a fight
Verb- to make a deceptive move, esp in a fight
Calamity
Destructive event, usually sudden and disastrous
Prevaricate
To sidestep the truth, to evade or talk around the question
Supercilious
Describes behavior that indicates a feeling of superiority, arrogant, haughty
countenance
A person face or expression (also can be used to mean "support")
Noisome
Unpleasant, especially in smell
Sagacity
Smarts, intelligence
Ebb
To slow down or recede like the tide