| Term | Definition |
| aesthetic | concerning art or beauty |
| bulwark | fortification; barricade; wall |
| defunct | no longer in existence |
| etymology | the study of word origins |
| hyperbole | grossly exaggerated speech |
| legend | key to map; myth or story |
| odious | hateful |
| posterity | future generations |
| rife | common |
| torpor | dormancy; sluggishness; inactivity |
| affable | friendly; social; easygoing |
| bureaucracy | officialdom |
| degradation | deprivation; poverty; debasement |
| eulogy | praise |
| hypochondriac | a person obsessed with health; having imaginary illnesses |
| legion | in large numbers |
| officious | domineering; intrusive; meddlesome |
| posthumous | after death |
| rigor | thoroughness |
| totter | walk unsteadily |