| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Somber | of a dismal or depressing character |
| Predilection | an established preference for something |
| Rankle | to cause anger irritation or deep bitterness |
| Parochial | of or relating to a church parish |
| Citadel | fortress surrounding a city |
| Innate | belonging to the essential nature of something |
| Defile | to corrupt the purity or perfection of |
| Ingratiating | to gain favor or favorable acceptance for by deliberate effort |
| Autocratic | one who has undisputed influence or power |
| Junta | a group of people controlling the government after a revolutionary seizure of power |
| Paradox | a statement that is contradictory or opposed to common sense and yes is perhaps true |
| Manifestation | the process by which something is made evident or certain |
| Injunction | an act whereby one is required to do or to refrain from doing a specified act |
| Heathen | an unconverted member of people or nation that doesn't not acknowledge the god of the bible |
| Conjure | to summon a devil or spirit by invocation or incantation |
| Faction | a party or group that is often contentious or self seeking |
| Gibberish | unintelligent speech |
| Deference | respect and esteem due a superior or an elder |
| Naught | nothingness, nonexistence |
| Dwindling | to become steadily less |
| Abyss | the bottomless gulf pit or chaos of the old cosmogonies moral depths |
| Intimation | to make known especially publicly or formally |
| Formidable | causing fear dread or apprehension |
| Trepidation | timorous uncertain agitation |
| Titillate | to exice pleasurably |
| Notorious | widely and unfavouably known |
| Fathom | to penetrate and come to understand |
| Defamation | the act of harming the reputation of by libel or slander |
| Anarchy | absence or denial of any authority or established |
| Avidly | characterized by enthusiasm and vigourus pursuit |
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