| Term | Definition |
| ablutions | cleansing the body as part of a religious rite |
| protruded | jutted out |
| confederate | united with others for a common purpose |
| disposition | an inclinaiton or tendency |
| deliberation | careful consideration |
| entreated | begged; pleaded |
| feigned | pretended; faked |
| mortality | death on a large scale |
| subsisted | remained alive; were sustained |
| traversed | moved over, across or through |
| dispatched | sent off on a specific assignment |
| loathsome | hateful; detestable |
| pestilential | likely to cause disease |
| copious | plentiful; abundant |
| improvident | shortsighted |
| avarice | greed for riches |
| pacify | calm; soothe |
| exquisite | very beautiful; delicate; carefully wrought |
| affliction | something causing pain or suffering |
| indications | signs; things that point out or signify |