(v.)- To shrink or waste away (or to cause to shrink or waste away); to degenerate.

(adj.)- temporary or provisional

(n.)- deep regret for any past action

(adj.)- shriveled, faded, or decayed

(v.)- to pay or give compensation for; make restitution

(n.)- 1) anything that foreshadows a future event; 2) a person who goes ahead and announces the approach of another.

1) praise of someone; 2) something that gives a formal recommendation; 3) complimentary greeting or message.

(v.) 1) to discipline (especially corporal punishment); 2) to purify

(v.)- to obstruct or hinder the movement or progression of

(adj.)- extremely serious or urgent; foreshadowing disaster

(n.)- 1) nerve; 2) bitterness of spirit; malicious; defiant

(n.)- moral or ethical standards that act as a restraining force or inhibits certain actions.

(n.)- (1) the killing of a king or queen; (2) someone who kills a monarch

(v.) - to beg urgently and/or piteously

(v.)- 1) to satisfy (thirst, desires, passion, etc.); 2) to put out or extinguish; to subdue or destroy; overcome

(adj.)- capable of being touched or felt; tangible

(n.) the sound made by a bell rung slowly, especially for a death or a funeral; (v.) (intransitive) to sound, as a bell, especially a funeral bell; to give forth a mournful, ominous, or warning sound; (transitive) to proclaim or summon

(v.)- to use ambiguous or unclear expressions, usually to avoid commitment or in order to mislead

(v.)- to anger, enrage, or exasperate; to incite or stimulate to action

(adj.)- having or showing a dutiful spirit of reverence for God or an earnest wish to fulfill religious obligations; characterized by a hypocritical concern with virtue or religious devotion; sanctimonious.

(v)- 1) (transitive) to rid of whatever is impure or undesirable; 2) (intransitive) to become cleansed or purified.

(adj.)- not to be intimidated; fearless; intrepid; bold

1) to engage in hard and continuous work; labor arduously; 2) to move or travel with difficulty, weariness, or pain; 3) to accomplish or produce by hard work.

(adj.)- very angry

(n.)- ill will; malice

(adj.)- secluded from the world; sheltered

(v.)- to conquer or subdue by superior force, as in battle; to be victorious

(n.)- an immoral or evil habit or practice; a fault, defect, or shortcoming

(n.)- insatiable greed for riches; inordinate, miserly desire to gain and hoard

(n.)- mental disquiet, disturbance, or agitation

(v.)- 1) to draw back as in alarm, horror, or disgust; 2) to spring or come back; react

1) strong or vehement expression of disapproval; (v.)2) to criticize or reproach in a harsh or vehement manner.

(v) to shake or wave, as a weapon; flourish. (n) a flourish or waving, as of a weapon.

(v.)- to damage or spoil to a certain extent; render less perfect, attractive; impair or spoil