| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Eerily | strange and frightening: an eerie green glow in the sky. |
| Hone | make sharper or more focused or efficient: their appetites were honed by fresh air and exercise. |
| Lineaments | facial features. He described the lineaments of his face to me over the phone so that I could recognize him when we met at the fair. |
| Invective | insulting, abusive, or highly critical language : he let out a stream of invective |
| Diversion | an instance of turning something aside from its course: a diversion of resources from defense to civil research. |
| Inordinate | unusually or disproportionately large; excessive: a case that had taken up an inordinate amount of time. |
| Obstreperous | noisy and difficult to control: : the boy is cocky and obstreperous |
| Rudiments | the first principles of a subject: she taught the girls the rudiments of reading and writing. |
| Provocation | action or speech that makes someone annoyed or angry, esp. deliberately: you should remain calm and not respond to provocation | he burst into tears at the slightest provocation. |
| Deportment | a person's behavior or manners: there are team rules governing deportment on and off the field. |
| Paltry | Inferior, trashy, despicable, trivial, meager |
| Parity | Humorous, satirical, imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing |
| Idiosyncratic | a characteristic, habit, mannerism that is peculiar to an individual |
| Analogue | something similar to something else, proportionate |
| Epoch | a period in history distinguished by particular events or features |
| Allude | to refer casually or indirectly |
| Engendered | to bring into existence or originate |
| Unmoored | a drift floating out of control |
| Satirized | disappointed, brought down to earth, debunked, shattered |
| Voluminous | consisting of many folds, coils, or convolutions, numerous |
| Disapprobation | condemnation, disapproval |
| Contentious | Tending to argument or strife, quarrelsome or combative |
| Magisterial | authoritative of importance or consequence |
| Taciturn | inclined to silence |
| Indigenous | originating in and characteristic of a particular country |
| Nebulous | hazy, vague, indistinct, cloud-like |
| Auspicious | promising success, opportune, favorable, fortunate |
| Foray | A quick raid, usually for the purpose of taking plunder or a sudden attack |
| Sojourn | a temporary stay; visit |
| Edification | the state or act of being morally uplifted |
| Entailment | to impose as a burden, to limit passage of |
| Assuage | to make milder or less severe, relieve |
| Palette | a flat surface used to hold or mix paints |
| Wrought | produced or shaped by beating with a hammer, not rough or crude |
| Vapid | lacking sharpness or flavor without liveliness or spirit |
| Battlements | a wall, railing, or parapet with open spaces that surmounts a wall and is used for defense or decoration |
| Stout | strong or heavily built |
| Unobtrusive | inconspicuous, not aggressive |
| Impassive | unsusceptible to physical feeling or emotion |
| Eccentricity | deviation from an established pattern or norm |
| Fay | able to see into the future, marked by another worldly air or attitude, crazy, fated to die, doomed |
| Succinct | marked by compact, precise expression |
| Oblivious | lacking resemblance, memory or mindful attention |
| Elucidate | the make clearer; to give a clarifying explanation |
| Criteria | A standard on which judgment or decision may be based |
| Venue | the place from which a jury is drawn and where a trial is held; the place where events of a specific type are held |
| Prowess | skill or expertise in a particular activity or field: his prowess as a fisherman. |
| Girdled | something that surrounds |
| Sinuous | supple and graceful |
| Athwart | across- or appointing |
| Tumult | Noisy commotion |
| Dauphin | the crown prince of France |
| Wimpling | A women's head covering |
| Chevalier | French title of honor. |
| Brindled | streaked with darker colors. |
| Concession | A special privilege |
| Disconcerting | causing someone to feel uneasy |
| Etherized | to use ether on someone |
| Insidious | gradual and harmful |
| Formulated | to devise something. |
| Malinger | feign illness |
| Deferential | showing respect. |
| Politic | possessing or displaying shrewdness. |
| Meticulous | extremely careful and precise. |
| Reel | amount or quantity of material that a reel can hold. |
| Artifice | a clever trick. |
| conflagration | great fire |
| diffident | lacking self-confidence |
| contentious | quarrelsome |
| dissidence | disagreement |
| disparage | belittle |
| cursory | casual; hastily done |
| decorum | propriety of behavior |
| compunction | remorse |
| demise | death |
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