short definition
Extreme poverty;destitution
Penury
Change in pitch or tone of voice
Inflection
Expressed clearly; easy to understand
Lucid
Open resistance: bold disobedience
Defiance
devoutly religious
pious
Of vital importance; crucial
Imperative
Being out of sleep; awaken
roused
Find out for certain; make sure of
ascertain
to be of use or value to; profit; advantage
Avail
Tumult
A loud, confused sound, especially caused by a large mass of people
Unjust exercise of authority
Oppressors
to beg urgently as for aid or mercy
Implored
Be of the same opinion; aggreed
Concur
to feel or express sorrow or regret for
Lament
bizzarre, a mix of fact and fantasy
surreal
A false belief or opinion
Delusion
to hold (the eye, attention, etc.) firmly
Riveted
Come together in some way
Muster
A small room leading to a main one
Antechamber
Serious and immediate
Peril
Extremely hungry
Famished
Suggest or hint in an indirect and unpleasant way
Insinuated
Leave one's country in order to live in another
Emigrate
Physically weak, as from age or sickness
Feeble
revoke or cancel
rescind