| Term | Definition |
|---|
| dumbfounded | as if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise |
| palpitation | subjective experience of pounding, skipping, or racing heartbeats |
| aside | a message that departs from the main subject |
| enmity | a state of deep-seated ill-will |
| predominant | having superior power and influence |
| quivering | the act of vibrating |
| grudge | a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation |
| civil | of or in a condition of social order |
| ambling | slowly walking |
| acute | sharp |
| discrete | not loud, noticeable |
| augment | enlarge or increase |
| beget | make children |
| beseech | beg; plead with |
| chastity | condition of purity |
| courtier | an attendant at the court of a sovereign |
| flourish | to grow beautiful |
| comprise | what its made of |
| eminent | standing above others in quality or position |
| extrapolate | to grab from (data) |
| insinuate | to imply |
| juxtapose | to compare next to each other |
| maxim | an old saying |
| notorious | famous for something mad |
| strife | bitter conflict |
| forfeit | to end it by yourself |
| nuptial | wedding related |
| portentous | of momentous or ominous significance |
| scathe | the act of damaging something or someone |
| purged | purify |
| ensconced | settled securely |
| apathy | the trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally |
| acute | the trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally, having or experiencing a rapid onset and short but severe course |
| parasitical | relating to or caused by parasites |
| indefatigable | not tiring |
| tractable | easily tracted, easily managed (controlled or taught or molded) |
| ignominious | shame-ness |
| malignity | evil |
| taciturn | untalkative, silent |
| capitulated | surrender on terms or conditions |
| vexed | annoyed |
| impute | to put in |
| shrift | confession |
| friar | priest |
| beset | To attack on all sides. |
| charlatan | fraud, quack, con man |
| exonerate | pronounce not guilty of criminal charges |
| paltry | not worth anything |
| effeminate | feminine |
| inundation | to flood |
| sojourn | to travel(for long time) |
| sententious | concise and full of meaning |
| valor | brave |
| wanton | behave extremely cruelly and brutally |
| visionary | a person with unusual powers of foresight |
| sacrilege | The act of violating or profaning anything sacred. |
| parody | SNL |
| wench | little girl |
| constraint | to hold back |
| salutation | greetings |
| wanton | behave extremely cruelly and brutally |
| amorphous | having no definite form or distinct shape |
| contrived | to make up of(evil plan) |
| impeccable | perfect |
| lament | sad |
| mellifluous | Sweetly or smoothly flowing. |
| distraught | deeply agitated especially from emotion |
| environ | to surround |
| pensive | thoughtful |
| redress | to review |
| stifle | restrain |
| abhor | hate |
| meager | small amount |
| peruse | read carefully |
| piteous | sorry for, |
| shroud | body sheet |
| rigor | excessive sternness |
| discern | to detect |
| prostrate | face down in he grounf |
| apothecary | pharmacist |
| presage | a sign of something about to happen |
| sepulcher | tombstone |
| sovereign | a nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right |
| inauspicious | not promising |
| ambiguities | unclear meanings |
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