| Term | Definition |
| antithesis | contradiction usually in regards to a text |
| apocryphal | doubtful authenticity |
| cadence | rhythm or beat |
| circumvent | avoid or bypass |
| denigrate | to treat something with little value or importance |
| dire | causing or involving great fear or suffering |
| expostulate | to reason with someone |
| filial | relating to a son or daughter |
| indiscriminate | unselective, lack of care |
| nascent | beginning to exist, emerging |
| pall | gloomy atmosphere |
| portentous | significant, ominous |
| requiem | a mass for a dead person |
| superfluous | being beyond what is requited |
| usurp | to seize power or authority without legal right |