| Term | Definition |
|---|
| brine | water saturated or strongly impregnated with common salt |
| jocund | marked by or suggestive of high spirits and lively mirthfulness |
| odious | arousing or deserving hatred or repugnance |
| sinews | solid resilient strength |
| surfeited | an overabundant supply |
| vigilance | the quality or state of being watchful |
| abstemious | marked by restraint |
| barren | lacking inspiration or ideas |
| compensation | the act of being equivalent to something |
| deity | the rank or essential nature of a god |
| disdain | a feeling of contempt for someone or something regarded as unworthy or inferior |
| vexed | debated or discussed at length |
| auspicious | affording a favorable object |
| chastise | to inflict punishment on |
| discourse | a mode of organizing knowledge, ideas, or experience that is rooted in language and its concrete contexts |
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