| Term | Definition |
|---|
| hydra | the many headed snake killed by hercules |
| imperious | extremely overbearing |
| importunity | troublesome; annoying |
| imposition | something imposed, as a burden or duty |
| insolence | insulting or contemptuous behavior |
| iterance | the act of repeating; a repetition |
| laconic | using a minimum of words; concise to the point of seeming rude |
| lecher | one who indulges excessively in sexual activity or in lasciviousness |
| lethargic | sluggish; languid |
| lusty | lecherous; erotically suggestive |
| malice | desire to harm others |
| malicious | motivated by hate or deliberate intent to harm |
| malign | to utter injuriously misleading reports about |
| malignant | very dangerous or harmful in influence or effect |
| mitigate | to cause to become less harsh or hostile; to make less severe |
| mutinous | rebellious; unruly |
| notorious | widely and unfavorably known |
| obscure | difficult to see; vague |
| odious | deserving hate or contempt |
| palpable | tangible; perceptible; easily noticeable |
| paradoxical | something that appears false or contradictory but is actually correct |
| paragon | a model of excellence or perfection |
| peevish | fretful; obstinate |
| penitent | showing or feeling regret for wrongdoing; repentant |
| perdition | eternal damnation; utter ruin |
| perdurable | very durable; permanent; imperishable |
| pernicious | very destructive or harmful; deadly |
| poise | as from equal distribution of weight |
| prate | speak insolently |
| preposterous | contrary to nature, reason or common sense |
| profane | showing contempt toward sacred things |
| promulgate | to make known by open declaration |
| propriety | correct conduct |
| quirk | a peculiarity of action, behavior, or personality |
| reconciliation | the process of making consistent or compatible |
| reproach | disgrace, discredit, or blame |
| ruffian | a tough, lawless person |
| ruffianism | rowdy or tough behavior |
| ruminate | to consider for a long time at a slow pace; to ponder |
| sated | satisfied fully; indulged to excess |
| scant | limited, meager; not large |
| scurvy | contemptible; despicable; mean |
| seeming | external appearance |
| sequester | to remove or separate |
| shrewd | wicked |
| sordid | filthy, foul |
| speculative | having the power of vision |
| strumpet | a prostitute; harlot |
| subjugate | to bring under one's control |
| sufferance | capacity to endure pain or hardship |
| surfeited | fed or supplied to excess |
| tedious | long and tiresome |
| temper | degree of hardness imparted to steel |
| traducer | one who slanders or speaks falsely about someone |
| traverse | to march backwards and forwards |
| usurp | to take possession or authority over something without right |
| vehement | forcefully expressing emotion or conviction |
| verve | energy; enthusiasm |
| virtuoso | one skilled in the fine arts as an accomplished musician; a savant |
| visage | assumed appearance |
| vouch | bear witness |
| wanton | immoral; lewd |
| warranted | justified |
| wheeling | wandering about |
| wrangle | dispute angrily |
| wretch | a person of despicable or base character |
| wrought | worked upon; moved |
| yoked | to join, couple, link or unite |
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