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  • codicils
    The document by which a testator changes his or her will. Instructions, that is added to a will( what should be done after his or her death. )
  • diatribes
    bitter or abusive statements in speech or writing
  • maniacally
    overly enthusiasticallyaffected with or suggestive of madness
  • escrow
    (preceded by in) money deposited with a third person pending fulfillment of a condition
  • straits
    trouble or neednarrow water passages
  • medieval
    Another name for the Middle Ages.
  • ravaged
    violently destroyedRuined
  • heretofore
    before now
  • unkempt
    (adj.) not combed; untidy; not properly maintained; unpolished, rude
  • scrutiny
    close examination; minute inspection; a careful watch
  • denouncing
    accusing, blaming, condemning, vilifying
  • vintage
    (adj, n) related to items of high quality from a previous era, old-fashioned, antique (adj); the wine of a particular year (noun)
  • emaciated
    Unnaturally thinExtremely thin; wasted away
  • scrutinized
    examined carefully
  • legalese
    the formal and technical language of legal documents that is often hard to understand