Dwindling
Diminishing, Decreasing, Reducing (Adjective).
Malediction
Curse, Imprecation, Anathema (Noun).
Nibble
Small bites. Pecking at something (Verb).
Whimper
Feeble cry. Whine. (Used both as noun and verb, like "water").
c.f. Eliot "Not with a bang, but a whimper".
Afflict
To Affect, Trouble, Bother (verb).
Contemptuous
Scornful, Disdainful, Disrespectful (Adjective).
Splintered
Shattered, Fragmented (Adjective).
Raveled
Untangled (Adjective).
Impenetrable
Impassable, Inaccessible, Unfathomable (Adjective).
Transfigured
Transformed, Transmuted, Metamorphosed (Adjective).
Alabaster
A white granular variety of gypsum, used for carving and other decorative purposes (noun).
Disarrayed
Disorganized, Disarranged (Adjective).
Salutations
Greetings (Noun).
Dissipating
Dissolving, Coming apart (Verb).
Noisome
Noxious, Harmful, Smelly (Adjective).
Pallbearers
People who carry the coffin at a funeral (Noun).
Intransigence
The state of being uncompromising, Stubborn (Noun).
Hieroglyphics
Ancient Egyptian written text, or, casually, indecipherable text (Noun).
Tenement
Apartment building in a city, usually rundown and crowded (Noun).
Recalcitrant
Resistant, Difficult to manage (Adjective).
