Cede (v)
yield (title, territory) to; surrender formally
Culpable (adj)
deserving blame
Curtail (v)
shorten; reduce
Debilitate (v)
to weaken, to enfeeble
Encomium (n)
high praise; eulogy
Equanimity (n)
calmness of temperament; composure
Laggard (adj)
slow, sluggish
laud[v]
To phrase
Pecuniary (adj)
pertaining to money
Petulant (adj)
touchy; peevish
Reticence (n)
reserve; uncommunicativeness; inclination to silence (reticent, adj) (reticently, adv)
Succinct (adj)
brief; terse; compact (succinctness, n) (succinctly, adv)
Virulent (adj)
extremely poisonous; hostile; bitter
Venerate (v)
To revere, honor, worship (veneration, n)
Wanton (adj)
unrestrained; willfully malicious; unchaste (wantonly, adv) (wantonness, n)