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| caste | any class or group of people who inherit exclusive privileges or are perceived as socially distinct |
| saltpetre | another term for potassium nitrate |
| hordes | a large group of people |
| specter | something widely feared as a possible unpleasant or dangerous occurrence/a ghost |
| primeval | (of feelings or actions) based on primitive instinct; raw and elementary/of or resembling the earliest ages in the history of the world |
| fodder | food, esp. dried hay or feed, for cattle and other livestock. • a person or thing regarded only as material for a specific use |
| alchemist | alchemy is the medieval forerunner of chemistry, based on the supposed transformation of matter. It was concerned particularly with attempts to convert base metals into gold or to find a universal elixir |
| respite | a short period of rest or relief from something difficult or unpleasant |
| harried | persistently carry out attacks on/persistently harass |
| contingencies | a future event or circumstance that is possible but cannot be predicted with certainty/a provision for such an events or circumstance |
| redress | remedy or set right (an undesirable or unfair situation) |
| obstinate | stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or chosen course of action, despite attempts to persuade one to do so |
| impropriety | a failure to observe standards or show due honesty or modesty; improper language, behavior, or character |
