Dust Glossary

Dust Glossary

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Written by Monica Barry

Intractable

Complex, difficult

Retaliate

React, reply

Imperious

Forceful, assertive

Vindicate

Discharge, clear

Maligned

Abused, defamed

Covetous

Selfish, greedy

Conjecture

Speculation, guess

Inference

Theorizing, reckoning

Declivity

Downward slope

Withered

Dried, shrunken

Melancholy

Woe, sadness

Reverence

Praise, affection

Perennial

Constant, everlasting

Annihilation

Complete destruction

Dissipation

Immorality, corruption

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