UNIQUE WORDS game to increase our vocabulary - alphabetical order

Tontine - 

an annuity shared by subscribers to a loan or common fund, the shares increasing as subscribers die until the last survivor enjoys the whole income

• a scheme for life insurance in which the beneficiaries are those who survive and maintain a policy to the end of a given period

Vermouth - a red or white wine flavored with aromatic herbs, made chiefly in France and Italy and used in cocktails.

Xeriscape - noun: a style of landscape design requiring little or no irrigation or other maintenance, used in arid regions.

Zeta - the sixth letter, a number value of 7, in names---it means born last

Belle Epoque - the period (a golden age) of settled and comfortable life preceding World War I

Dastardly - wicked and cruel.
"pirates and their dastardly deeds"

Fain - happy; inclined; pleased

Hagiarchy - A sacred government run by saints or holy people.