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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
deprive | to take something away from |
bereaved | left alone by death |
apathy | lack of emotion or feeling |
livid | ashen; pallid |
dregs | the least desirable portions |
vitality | vigor; energy |
tether | the limit of one's resources or endurance |
plaintive | expressing sorrow |
recesses | remote, secret places |
contagion | harmful influence |
surname | a family name |
encumbered | hindered; restricted |
insignificant | trivial; not important |
profoundly | absolutely; in an unqualified way |
emigration | leaving one area to settle in another |
treatise | written discussion of a topic |
anecdotes | short, humorous stories |
melancholy | sadness; depression |
deportees | people who are expelled from a country |
constraint | restrictions |
provisions | necessary supplies, such as food |
hermetically | sealed against the entry or escape of air |
pestilential | likely to cause an epidemic disease |
notorious | known widely and unfavorably; infamous |
devoid | completely lacking or empty |
monocle | an eyeglass for one eye |
lucidity | clear understanding |
convalescent | returning to health after an illness |
blandishments | coaxing by flattery |
convoy | a group of vehicles traveling together |
frenzy | violent mental agitation or wild excitement |
torment | to cause physical pain or mental anguish |
thrash | beat; hit |
latter | second of two |
raucous | boisterous and disorderly |
sabotage | treacherous action to defeat a cause |
lamentation | grief; mourning |
void | emptiness |
emaciated | made thin due to starvation |
elapsed | passed |
feeble | lacking strength, weak |
evacuation | withdrawing troops or civilians |
relentlessly | steadily; persistently |
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