Emaciated (adj.) /əˈmeɪʃiˌeɪdəd/ – Abnormally thin or weak, especially because of illness or a lack of food.

(He
was feeble and weak, emaciated as the rest of the prisoners of war.)
Jocular (adj.) /ˈdʒɑkjələr/ – Fond of or characterized by joking; humorous or playful. (His witty remarks were
awfully jocular for someone who had gone through such a terrifying experience.)
Mirage (n.) /məˈrɑʒ/ – An optical illusion caused by atmospheric conditions, especially the appearance of a
sheet of water in a desert or on a hot road caused by the refraction of light from the sky by heated air; Something
that appears real or possible but is not in fact so. (Event he hospital he was placed into seemed a mirage to him.)
Commiserate (v.) /kəˈmɪzəˌreɪt / – Express or feel sympathy or pity; sympathize. (He longed to find someone
he could commiserate with.)
Karst (n.) /kɑrst/ – Landscape underlain by limestone which has been eroded by dissolution, producing ridges,
towers, fissures, sinkholes and other characteristic landforms. (The mountain above him was his target, but
when he climbed it, he found it to be sharp and hot, unsurprisingly as it was karst, after all.)
Concede (v.) /kənˈsid/ – Admit that something is true or valid after first denying or resisting it; Surrender or
yield (something that one possesses) (Despite the constant torture and harassment, Dieter refused to concede and
sign the paper.)
Desolation (n.) /ˌdɛsəˈleɪʃ(ə)n/ – A state of complete emptiness or destruction; Anguished misery or loneliness.
(The impoverished and hungry Germans faced nothing but hardship in the desolation.)
Sumptuous (adj) [ suhmp-choo-uhs ] – involve large expense; luxurious; The inside of each individually-
designed bag is equally sumptuous, in baby silk pink or deep opulent red.

Unfettered (adj) [ uhn-fet-er ] - not confined or restricted. His imagination is unfettered by the laws of logic.

Extradite (v) [ ˈek-strə-ˌdīt] - to remove a person from one state to another by legal process. He will be
extradited from the U.S. to Canada to face criminal charges there.

Fictitious (adj) [ fik-tish-uhs ] - created, taken, or assumed for the sake of concealment; not genuine; false: They
used fictitious names.

Rapacity (adj) [ ruh-pey-shuhs ] – the quality of having or showing a strong wish to take things for yourself,
usually using unfair methods or force; Our rapacity is destroying species at a rate not seen in 65 million years.

Jamboree /ˌdʒæmbəˈriː/ (n.) – a large celebration with a lot of music and entertainment (There will be a daylong
jamboree, treasure hunt and barbecue on the Saturday.)
Spick and span /ˌspɪk ən ˈspæn/ (adj.) – very clean and tidy (The council spends a lot of money keeping the town
spick and span.)
Dissipate /ˈdɪsɪpeɪt/ (v.) - to gradually disappear by becoming less strong, or to make something do this (The
office boy tried to dissipate the smoke by opening a window of the meeting room.)
Expound /ɪkˈspaʊnd/ (v.) - to explain something or to express your opinion about it in detail (It will be an
opportunity to expound the ideas he has been developing.)
Prerogative /prɪˈrɒɡətɪv/ (n.) - a right that a particular person or group has (It’s the manager’s prerogative to
decide who will be employed.)
raconteur /ˌræk.ɒnˈtɜːr/ (n.) - one who tells stories with skill (He was a superb raconteur with a very wide
range of humorous stories.)

dub /dʌb/ (v.) - to give something or someone a particular name, especially describing what you think of it, him,
or her (It was the lawless and corrupt atmosphere, primarily from Blanco's operations, that led to the gangsters
being dubbed the "Cocaine Cowboys".)

cauldron /ˈkɔːl.drən/ (n.) - a large, round container for cooking in, usually supported over a fire, and used
especially in the past (Policemen went to their house and found a cauldron with human skull in it.)

plummet/ˈplʌmɪt/ (v.) – decrease rapidly in value or amount. (Hardware sales plummeted recently.)
unrepentant /ʌnrɪˈpɛnt(ə)nt/ (adj.) – showing no regrets for wrongdoings. (He was unrepentant for all the
murders he had done.)

inundate (v) - to bring to a place or person too much of something, so that it cannot be dealt with (We were
inundated with complaints when the show had to be canceled.)
plummet (v) - to fall very quickly and suddenly (Several large rocks were sent plummeting down the mountain.)
recoil (v) - to refuse to accept an idea or principle, feeling strong dislike or disapproval (She wondered how it
would be to touch him and recoiled at the thought.)
lanky (adj) - tall and thin and often moving awkwardly as a result (I was your typical lanky teenager.)
tentatively (adv) - in a way that shows you are not certain or confident (She tentatively said that she had come to
see Mrs Edgerton.)
laboured (adj) - needing a lot of effort, often because someone is tired (Her breathing was heavy and laboured.)
canvass (v) - to try to discover information or opinions by asking people (The council has been canvassing local
opinion to get their thoughts on the proposed housing development.)

amalgamate (v., /əˈmalɡəmeɪt/) - combine or unite to form one organization or structure (But the Conqueror's
son Henry I married Maud, Edgar's niece, thereby amalgamating the Norman line with the Old English, and
providing a final stamp of authority to the Normans' claim.)

anoint (v., /əˈnɔɪnt/) – smear or rub with oil, typically as part of a religious ceremony (Harold is anointed king,
just feet away from Edward's freshly buried body.)

harry (v., /ˈhari/) - persistently carry out attacks on (an enemy or an enemy's territory) (The bold yet ultimately
unsuccessful strategy is probably explained by Harold’s eagerness to defend his own men and lands, which
William was harrying, and to thrust the Normans back into the sea.)

indomitable (adj., /ɪnˈdɒmɪtəb(ə)l/) – impossible to subdue or defeat (I am the head of a terrifying war machine
and I am a man of indomitable ambition.)

veer (v., /vɪə/) – change direction suddenly (But even as Harold savoured this victory, he received unwelcome
news: the winds had finally veered around, and the Norman army had managed at last to cross the Channel.)

watershed (n., /ˈwɔːtəʃɛd/) – an event or period marking a turning point in a situation; (...this brilliant spoof-crib
consolidated Hastings’ status as the watershed moment in British history by putting it in the title.)

Engulf /ɪnˈɡʌlf/ - To surround and cover something or someone completely. The war is threatening to engulf
the entire region.

Indiscriminate /ˌɪn.dɪˈskrɪm.ə.nət/ - Not showing careful thought or planning, especially so that harm results.
The indiscriminate use of fertilizers can cause long-term problems.

Upheaval /ʌpˈhiː.vəl/ - A great change, especially causing or involving much difficulty, activity, or trouble.
Yesterday's coup brought further upheaval to a country already struggling with famine.

Tumultuous /tʊˈmʌl·tʃu·əs/ - Marked by violent or overwhelming turbulence or upheaval. Citizens that lived
through this tumultuous time.

Unflinching /ʌnˈflɪn.tʃɪŋ/ - Not frightened of or not trying to avoid something dangerous or unpleasant. It is a
brave and unflinching account of prison life.
Urbicide /ˈəːbɪsʌɪd/ - The destruction of a city or its character. Sarajevo went through the five years of urbicide
in the nineties

Exemption (n) - /ɪɡˈzemp.ʃən/ special permission not to do or pay something (He had exemption on using
Adderall.)

Loophole (n) - /ˈluːp.hoʊl/ a small mistake in an agreement or law that gives someone
the chance to avoid having to do something (He used the loophole in the law to get pills legally.)

Relapse (n) - /rɪˈlæps/ a deterioration in someone's state of health after a temporary improvement . (He had a
relapse three weeks after coming from rehabs.)