- Squalid
adj. run-down, sordid, or sleazy
The squalid cabin needed a new roof and an exterminator.
- Annihilate
v. to destroy or cause devastating destruction
The dictator sent orders to annihilate the group of rebels.
- Brevity
n. the quality of being brief or terse
The brevity of their time together made it all the more romantic.
