| Term | Definition |
| capacious | able to contain |
| specter | a ghost |
| contentious | quarrelsome |
| salient | jutting forward beyond a line |
| enfeebled | wretched; weakened |
| prodigious | exciting wonder |
| consternation | sudden alarm that results in confusion |
| emphatic | spoken with emphasis |
| matriarchal | a woman who is the dominant member of a group |
| formidable | causing fear, dread or alarm |
| genially | warmly and pleasantly cheerful |
| inane | empty, insubstantial; void |
| resonant | continuing to sound; echo |
| conniver | someone who schemes or plots |
| venerable | commanding respect by age, dignity, or position |