| annexation |
the act of taking and adding (territory) to one's own territory. |
| claimant |
one who alleges something to be true or demands something as one's right. |
| condolence |
sympathy with a grieving or suffering person. |
| connive |
to join secretly in a plot; conspire. |
| embalm |
to treat (a corpse) with preservatives before burial. |
| exigent |
requiring immediate attention; urgent or critical. |
| faze |
to bewilder or to disturb the composure or shake the resolve of; disconcert or daunt. |
| gentry |
people who come from families of high social standing. |
| grandeur |
the quality of being majestic or splendid. |
| imitative |
of, involving, or characterized by reproduction or copying; not original. |
| intemperance |
lack of restraint in the indulgence of an appetite, especially the consumption of alcohol. |
| macabre |
of, pertaining to, depicting, or evoking death or the horrors of death; gruesome; ghastly. |
| potentate |
a person of great power, such as a ruler. |
| stoic |
showing little or no reaction to painful or pleasant experiences; unmoved; impassive. |
| turbulence |
commotion, violent disorder, or unrest. |