1 postrate: (adjective) 1. stretched out with face on the ground in adoration or submission; also lying flat. 2. completely overcome and lacking vitality, will, or power to rise. 3. trailing on the ground.
2. interlude: (noun) 1. a usually short simple play or dramatic entertainment. 2. an intervening or interruptive period, space, or event : interval. 3. a musical composition inserted between the parts of a longer compostition, a drama, or a religious service.
3. reprieve: (verb) 1. to delay the punishment of. 2. to give relief or deliverance to for a time
4. rations: (noun) 1. a food allowance for one day food, provisions. 2. a share especially as dertermined by supply. 3. use or allot sparingly
5. dysentery: (noun)1. a disease characterized by severe diarrhea with passage of mucus and blood and usually caused by infection. 2. diarrhea
6. robust: (adjective) 1.a having or exhibitiong strength or vigorous health b. having or showing vigor, strength, or firmness d. capable of performing without failure under a wide range of conditions. 2. rough, rude
7. quarantine: (noun) 1. a period of 40 days. 2a. a term during which a ship arriving in port and suspected of carrying contagious disease is held in isolation from the shore. 3. a restraint upon the activities or communication of persons or the transport of goods designed to prevent the spread of disease or pests b. a place in which those under quarantine are kept.
8. apathy: (noun) 1. lack of feeling or emotion. 2. lack of interest or concern; indifferrence
9. humane: (adjective) 1. marked by compassion, sypathy, or consideration for humans or animals. 2. characterized by or tending to broad humanistic culture
10. grimace: (noun) 1. a facial expression usually of disgust, disapproval, or pain.
11. nocturnal: (adjective) 1. of, relating to, or occurring in the night. 2. active at night
12. livid: (adjective) 1. discolored by bruising 2. ashen, pallid 3. reddish; enraged
13. pious: (adjective) 1a. marked by or showing reverence for deity and devotion to divine worship b. marked by conspicuouc religiousity 2. sacred or devotional as distinct from the profane or secular: religious 3. showing loyal reverence for a person or thing: dutiful
14. interminable: (adjective) 1. having or seeming to have no end
15. wizened: (adjective) 1. to become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality
16. morale: (adjective) 1. moral principles, teachings, or conduct 2a. the mental and emotional condition of an individual of group with regard to the function or tasks at hand. b. a sense of common purpose with respect to a group. 3. the level of individual psychological well-being based on such factors as a sense of purpose and confidense in the future.
17. infernal: (adjective) 1. of or relating to another world of the dead. 2. a of or relating to hell b. hellish, diabolical 3. damnable
18. refuge: (noun) 1. shelter or protection from danger or distress 2. a place that provides shelter or protection 3. something to which one has recourse in difficulty
19. oppresive: (verb) 1. unreadonably burdensome or severe 2. tyrannical 3. overwhelming or depressing to the spirit or senses.
20. expelled: (verb) 1. to force out; eject 2. to force to leace by official action; take away rights or privileges of membership
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