Chapters 1-24
Aspiring
Desiring and working to achieve a particular goal : having aspirations to attain a specified profession, position, etc.
Depravity
A corrupt act or practice.
Dire
Exciting horror.
Radical
Of, relating to, or proceeding from a root: such as growing from the root of a plant.
Emaciated
To cause to lose flesh so as to become very thin.
Ludicrous
Amusing or laughable through obvious absurdity, incongruity, exaggeration, or eccentricity.
Empathy
The action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner.
Supplication
To make a humble entreaty especially : to pray to God.
Putrid
Being in a state of putrefaction : rotten.
Military supplies including weapons, ammunition, combat vehicles, and maintenance tools and equipment.
Inclination to laziness.
Plausible
Superficially fair, reasonable, or valuable but often specious.
Coherence
The quality or state of cohering: such as systematic or logical connection or consistency.
Cryptic
Secret, occult.
Reprieve
To delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner).
Askance
With disapproval or distrust : Scornfully.
Carrion
Dead and putrefying flesh.
Incongruously
Lacking congruity.
Forbearance
A refraining from the enforcement of something (such as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due.
Amply
Generous or more than adequate in size, scope, or capacity.
Guttural
Articulated in the throat.
Dyspeptic
Indigestion.
Poignancy
Painfully affecting the feelings : PIERCING.
Deeply affecting : TOUCHING.
Designed to make an impression : CUTTING.
Marred
To ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : Spoil.
Olfactory
Of or relating to the sense of smell.