| aftermath |
the result or consequence of an event. |
| annihilate |
to destroy completely. |
| conservationist |
a person who promotes and encourages preservation, especially of natural resources. |
| covet |
to wish to have very much; envy. |
| forage |
food for animals such as horses or cattle. |
| intimacy |
the condition of being close in friendship or otherwise intimate. |
| lenient |
not strict with rules; tolerant. |
| presentiment |
an intuition or sense of something about to happen; foreboding. |
| procure |
to get or get hold of by effort; obtain. |
| recession1 |
a period of reduced or declining economic activity. |
| reprimand |
a strong, usually formal statement of disapproval; rebuke. |
| restive |
unable to remain at rest; impatient or ill at ease, especially under restraint. |
| temperamental |
changeable as to mood, nature, operability, or the like; unpredictable. |
| venal |
capable of acting dishonestly or wrongly in return for money or the like; open to accepting bribes; corrupt. |
| vicarious |
experienced through imagined participation in someone else's actions, sufferings, or the like. |