| amass |
to gather or accumulate for oneself. |
| coroner |
a public officer employed to investigate by inquest any death not thought to have occurred by natural causes. |
| deducible |
able to be concluded or inferred from certain facts or principles. |
| depreciate |
to lower the cost or value of, especially of property for tax purposes, or of money. |
| duplicity |
deceitful speech or action. |
| enigma |
something puzzling, contradictory, or mysterious; something for which a solution cannot be found. |
| inclement |
of weather, violent or disagreeable. |
| repressive |
acting or tending to restrain or subdue. |
| revile |
to speak about or speak to with hostile insults; disparage or abuse. |
| servitude |
bondage or slavery. |
| sodden |
drenched with liquid; saturated; soaked. |
| subsidy |
direct financial assistance provided by the government to a business, industry, educational institution, individual, or the like. |
| taciturn |
habitually silent and uncommunicative. |
| tyrannical |
imposing one's will on others by threat or force; despotic; oppressive. |
| zealot |
a person who is excessively and often intolerantly enthusiastic, especially about a cause or religious faith; fanatic. |