| annexation |
the act of taking and adding (territory) to one's own territory. |
| carnage |
the mass killing of people; slaughter. |
| esoteric |
understood or known only by a few persons who have special training, access, or interests. |
| gentry |
people who come from families of high social standing. |
| grandiloquent |
speaking or expressed in a pretentious, pompous, or excessively ornate fashion. |
| inane |
devoid of meaning or substance; nonsensical. |
| maturation |
the act or process of becoming fully grown or developed, in structure, behavior, or the like. |
| obliterate |
to erase or make unrecognizable by erasing. |
| odorous |
having or giving off a distinctive or strong smell. |
| omnivorous |
living on a diet of both plant and animal food. |
| peripheral |
related but not essential. |
| plummet |
to fall sharply down, especially at high speed; plunge. |
| recalcitrant |
stubbornly disobedient; refractory. |
| unctuous |
excessively or falsely earnest or amiable. |
| vicissitude |
(usually plural) unexpected and unforeseeable changes or shifts, as in one's circumstances. |