Another Country

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Dwindling

Diminishing, Decreasing, Reducing (Adjective).

Malediction

Curse, Imprecation, Anathema (Noun).

Nibble

Small bites. Pecking at something (Verb).

Whimper

Feeble cry. Whine. (Used both as noun and verb, like "water").

c.f. Eliot "Not with a bang, but a whimper".

Afflict

To Affect, Trouble, Bother (verb).

Contemptuous

Scornful, Disdainful, Disrespectful (Adjective).

Splintered

Shattered, Fragmented (Adjective).

Raveled

Untangled (Adjective).

Impenetrable

Impassable, Inaccessible, Unfathomable (Adjective).

Transfigured

Transformed, Transmuted, Metamorphosed (Adjective).

Alabaster

A white granular variety of gypsum, used for carving and other decorative purposes (noun).

Disarrayed

Disorganized, Disarranged (Adjective).

Salutations

Greetings (Noun).

Dissipating

Dissolving, Coming apart (Verb).

Noisome

Noxious, Harmful, Smelly (Adjective).

Pallbearers

People who carry the coffin at a funeral (Noun).

Intransigence

The state of being uncompromising, Stubborn (Noun).

Hieroglyphics

Ancient Egyptian written text, or, casually, indecipherable text (Noun).

Tenement

Apartment building in a city, usually rundown and crowded (Noun).

Recalcitrant

Resistant, Difficult to manage (Adjective).

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