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Abate
To reduce in amount or degree; to diminish
Abundant
In great supply; oversufficient
Alluvial
Related to material deposited by flowing water
Brooding
Showing deep unhappiness of thought
Buffet
To strike or push repeatedly
Contemptuous ridicule or mockery
Desolate
Joyless or sorrowful
Divisive
Tending to cause disagreement or hostility
Edict
An official order or proclamation
Espionage
The practice of spying or of using spies
Gaunt
Extremely thin and bony as from hunger
Ghastly
Shockingly frightful, unpleasant
Habitable
Suitable or good enough to live in
Incomprehensible
not able to be understood
Jockey
Cleverly maneuver
Livid
Obsidian
A hard, dark, glasslike volcanic rock
Pacify
To ease the anger or disturbance of
Patriarch
Male head of a family or tribe
Pummel
To strike repeatedly with the fists
Shrewd
Being able to understand and judge a situation quickly and to use it to one's own advantage
Siphon
To pull through a tube by suction
Stark
Severe or bare in appearance
Subordinate
To place or rank one thing below another
Subdued
Quiet and controlled