| abate |
to become less in amount or intensity. |
| atheist |
a person who believes that there is no god or gods. |
| conspirator |
a person who is involved in a plot with others to perform or a criminal or wrongful act. |
| constituent |
forming a part of something. |
| egregious |
remarkably bad; flagrant; glaring. |
| impel |
to drive or incite to action. |
| integral |
being an essential part of the whole. |
| marauder |
one who raids or invades in order to plunder. |
| motif |
a distinct formal unit such as a design, theme, or musical phrase that may repeat in, dominate, characterize, or be a prominent feature of an aesthetic or decorative work. |
| pilfer |
to steal, especially trifling amounts or things of small value. |
| pillage |
to openly and forcefully seize goods from, as during a war; plunder. |
| remit |
to refrain from carrying out; cancel. |
| repertory |
a stock of skills, talents, or performing pieces; repertoire. |
| surveillance |
a close watch or observation, especially of a person or group of people under suspicion. |
| tithe |
an amount of money, produce, or goods equal in value to a tenth of one's income, given or paid as a contribution or tax, especially to a church. |