| Term | Definition |
|---|
| convoluted | intricate; twisted |
| grimace | twisted facial expression |
| deftness | skillfulness |
| imperceptibly | in such a slight way as to be almost unnoticeable |
| reveling | taking great pleasure |
| interminable | seemingly endless |
| ample | more than enough; abundant |
| aperture | opening in a camera through which light passes into the lens |
| belay | rope support |
| laboriously | with difficulty |
| feasible | capable of being done; possible |
| formidable | causing fear or dread |
| doughty | brave; valiant |
| maligned | spoken ill of |
| credulity | tendency to believe too readily |
| prosaic | commonplace; ordinary |
| avaricious | greedy for riches |
| furtively | secretly; stealthily |
| fusillade | something that is like the rapid firing of firearms |
| foreboding | feeling that something bad will happen |
| tumult | noisy commotion |
| loomed | appeared in a large or threatening form |
| apprenticed | assigned to work a specified length of time in a craft or trade in return for instruction |
| raked | scratched or scraped, as with a rake |
| stupor | mental dullness, as if drugged |
| august | imposing and magnificent |
| piquancy | pleasantly sharp quality |
| arabesque | elaborately designed |
| cessation | stopping, either forever or for some time |
| disapprobation | disapproval |
| habiliments | clothing |
| contagious | spread by direct or indirect contact |
| lifeless | without life |
| clarity | the quality or condition of being clear |
| stark | bare; plain |
| profound | deep |
| ardent | intensely enthusiastic or devoted |
| vernal | springlike |
| jauntiness | carefree attitude |
| dire | calling for quick action; urgent |
| detained | kept in custody |
| impediments | something standing in the way |
| hindrances | people or things in the way; obstacles |
| annals | historical records or chronicles; history |
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