Reckless
Heedless of danger
Crooked
Twisted
Ruinously
Destructive
Tragedy
An event that causes great suffering
Ashen
Person’s face going pale with shock or another strong emotion
Endurance
Withstanding something
Wasteland
An area that has been neglected
Repressive
Restrain someone’s personal freedom
abdicates
renounce, gives up
adobe
sundried bricks made of clay and straw
amphetamine
synthetic drug used as a stimulant
chamomile
aromatic plant with daisy-like flowers
cicadas
large insects with transparent wings
cinch
to secure your grip on something
claustrophobic
having an abnormal fear of confined spaces
commotion
confused and noisy disturbance
coquetish
flirtatious
coy
affectedly shy
decibel
unit used to measure the comparative volume of noise
demonic
seeming to have magical or supernatural powers
evasiveness
attempting to avoid discovery by using trickery or guile
fascist
supporter of extreme right-wing agenda
fastidious
very careful in matters of taste and propriety
feisty
aggressively exuberant
fetid
stinking
filigree
fine, delicate metalwork
flamboyant
ostentatious, showy
frugal
sparing or economical, especially pertaining to food
genealogist
expert in tracing ancesty or family trees
haggard
looking exhausted from fatigue or worry
hallucination
the perception of an object that is not really present
mambo
Latin American dance similar to the Rumba
melodrama
dramatic piece with exaggerated characters, acting and plot-lines
menthols
mint infused cigarettes
piquant
appetizingly pungent
pomade
scented dressing for the hair
precarious
uncertain, hanging in the balance
rejeuvenated
made young, or as if young, again
spartan
a person with stern courage
starlet
a promising young female performer
subterranean
below ground
taciturn
uncommunicative
Tagalog
member of the principle people of the Philippines, and the language that they speak
taut
tight, tense
unsolicited
not asked for
voluminous
large, bulky
