| Term | Definition |
|---|
| extol | v. to praise, exalt |
| injunction | n. an authoritative warning or order. decree, edict, fiat, |
| fervor | n. passion, ardor, intensity, zeal |
| nuance | n. a subtle difference or shade of meaning, gradation, variation; subtlety |
| drone | v. to speak tediously; pontificate |
| tryst | n. a private romantic rendezvous; date, assignation |
| plaintive | adj. sounding sad and mournful |
| confound | v. to amaze, astonish, dumbfound, stagger, surprise, startle, stun, bewilder, bedazzle, baffle, mystify |
| sullenly | adv. in a bad-tempered and sulky way; gloomily |
| clamber | v. to climb in or out in an awkward way, |
| incantatory | adj. delivered in the style of a magic spell or charm |
| covey | n. a small flock of birds; gaggle, posse,bevy, flock, cluster |
| strident | adj. loud and harsh; grating |
| riveted | tr. v. to be engrossed, held firmly |
| intone | v. to say or recite without emotion |
| brogues | pl. n. strong outdoor shoes; a marked accent, esp. Irish or Scottish |
| agape | adj. with mouth wide open, esp. with surprise or wonder |
| gesticulate | v. to gesture, signal, motion, wave, sign. |
| balustrade | n. a railing esp on a balcony bridge or terrace |
| rampant | adj. flourishing or spreading unchecked, uncontrolled, unrestrained |
| livid | adj. furiously angry; purplish, bluish, dark, discolored |
| feudal | adj. absurdly outdated or old-fashioned; resembling the system of feudalism |
| benign | adj. gentle; kindly, salubrious, congenial |
| vespers | pl. n. evening prayers |
| exhort | v. to strongly encourage or urge (someone) to do something : entreat, implore |
| quaver | v. to shake or tremble in speaking, typically through nervousness or emotion |
| impunity | n. exemption from punishment or freedom from the injurious consequences of an action |
| disembowel | v. to cut open and remove the internal organs of |
| helical | adj. having the shape or form of a helix; spiral |
| doleful | adj. woeful, sorrowful, mournful, gloomy, morose, melancholy, forlorn, despondent, disconsolate, crestfallen |
| coup de grace | n. a final blow or shot given to kill a wounded person or animal |
| rookery | n. a breeding colony of crows (rooks), typically seen as a collection of nests high in a clump of trees |
| scab (labor term) | n. a derogatory a person who refuses to strike or to join a labor union or who takes over the job responsibilities of a striking worker |
| snicker | n. a smothered or half-suppressed laugh; titter, chortle, simper |
| bland | adj. insipid, vapid, lacking strong features or characteristics and therefore uninteresting |
| irrevocable | adj. not able to be changed, reversed, or recovered; final |
| sorghum | n. a widely cultivated cereal grass |
| luminous | adj. full of or shedding light; bright or shining, esp. in the dark |
| waggish | adj. humorous in a playful, mischievous, or facetious manner |
| myopic | adj. shortsighted, nearsighted |
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