augment
increase
avidity
extreme eagerness or enthusiasm
blackmail
the action, treated as a criminal offense, of demanding money from a person in return for not revealing compromising or injurious information about that person
casualty
a person killed or injured in a war or accident
coup
a sudden, violent, and illegal seizure of power from a government
depletion
exhaustion
derange
cause someone to become insane
elite
a group of people considered to be the best in a particular society or category, esp. because of their power, talent, or wealth
emphatic
expressing something forcibly and clearly
extol
praise enthusiastically
microcosm
a community, place, or situation regarded as encapsulating in miniature the characteristic qualities or features of something much larger
mundane
lacking interest or excitement
onset
the beginning of something, esp. something unpleasant
rarity
thing having particular value
rudimentary
involving or limited to basic principles
salutation
a gesture or utterance made as a greeting or acknowledgment of another's arrival or departure
scheme
a large-scale systematic plan or arrangement for attaining some particular object or putting a particular idea into effect
severe
scrict and harsh
shaman
a person regarded as having access to, and influence in, the world of good and evil spirits, esp. among some peoples of northern Asia and North America
submersion
dipping into the water
sulky
bad-tempered and resentful
sustain
strengthen or support physically or mentally
tentative
not certain or fixed
timid
easily frightened
tremor
an involuntary quivering movement
