| armistice |
an agreement by groups of people or countries at war to stop fighting; truce. |
| bedlam |
a situation or scene of confused disorder and uproar. |
| debase |
to reduce in value, quality, esteem, or character. |
| gnarl |
to knot or twist. |
| gratify |
to please; satisfy. |
| incorporeal |
without material being; bodiless; insubstantial. |
| inescapable |
unable to be avoided or ignored. |
| lethal |
intended to cause or capable of causing death or extreme harm; deadly. |
| mutable |
able or likely to change. |
| pivotal |
critically important or crucial; on which something is contingent. |
| privation |
lack of necessities or common comforts of life. |
| pronouncement |
a formal or official declaration. |
| reformatory |
a corrective institution for disciplining and re-educating young offenders. |
| striate |
to mark with stripes or furrows. |
| wan |
very pale. |