DESIST
TO STOP DOING SOMETHING / TO REFRAIN FROM
DESPOTIC
TYRANNICAL / BEING A DICTATOR
INDEMNIFY
TO REIMBURSE
INFIRM
ILL / WEAK
DESTITUTE
POOR / PENNILESS
IRKSOME
ANNOYING
DWINDLE
TO BECOME SMALLER / DIMINISH
DISCONSOLATE
SAD AND EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED
earnest
sincere and determined
eccentric
strange and unusual
encroach
intrude
endow
give a large amount of money
consign
to despatch / deliver
conspicuous
noticeable / attracting attention
coruscate
to flash / gleam
countenance
expression of someone’s face
crafty
cunning