| Term | Definition |
|---|
| obsequious | too eager to please |
| conciliatory | overcoming animosity or hostility |
| meek | humble; lowly; compliant |
| shrew | a nagging woman |
| malleable | capable of being shaped by hammering |
| tribulation | suffering; distress |
| termagant | a scolding or abusive woman |
| amiable | friendly and good-natured |
| squabble | a petty quarrel |
| insuperable | impossible to overcome |
| aversion | extreme dislike |
| assiduous | carefully attentive |
| patrimony | any heritage; an inheritance from a father or ancestor |
| incessant | continued without stopping |
| torrent | a gush |
| adherent | a follower |
| alacrity | cheerful willingness |
| bilious | suffering from a disorder of the liver |
| harangue | a loud and vehement speech |
| vehement | arising from or marked by strong feeling |
| austere | severe, grave, or stern |
| anachronism | anything placed out of its proper time |
| urchin | a mischievous child |
| impunity | freedom from punishment |
| exhort | advise or caution strongly |
| precedent | a case that can serve as an example |
| ennui | a feeling of listless weariness from inactivity |
| sublime | grand, magnificent |
| mien | the demeanor or expression of a person |
| beguile | to deceive |
| decorum | appropriate social behavior |
| ominous | like or marked by an evil omen |
| gaunt | lank, thin, meager, lean |
| fiend | an evil spirit; a devil; a demon |
| pallid | lacking in color or spirit |
| sepulcher | a tomb |
| profuse | extravagantly generous |
| secluded | separated |
| august | majestic, grand |
| egress | a going out, a place of exit |
| voluptuous | pertaining to sensual gratification |
| gaudy | excessive to the point of being tacky |
| monotonous | tiresomely uniform or repetitious |
| disconcerted | confused, upset |
| concerted | agreed upon, arranged in concert |
| tremulous | trembling or showing timidity |
| wanton | lewd, lustful, unjust |
| emphatic | forceful and decisive |
| dissimulate | to conceal by pretense |
| refrain | to hold back; something that is repeated |
| audacity | boldness, shamelessness |
| derision | ridicule, scorn, act of deriding |
| progenitor | a forefather or parent |
| dearth | scarcity, lack |
| cogitate | to think carefully |
| ascetic | a religious hermit, one who leads a very austere life |
| loathsome | causing hatred |
| exemplary | serving as a model or example of worthy of imitation |
| emaciated | very thin, wasted away |
| heterodox | unorthodox; opposing a generally accepted doctrine |
| somnambulist | a person who sleep-walks |
| soporific | drowsy, sleepy |
| ignominious | implying dishonor or disgrace |
| notorious | being publicly and unfavorably known |
| malevolent | wishing evil towards others |
| propinquity | nearness, kinship |
| scintillating | witty and brilliant in conversation |
| vivacious | full of life |
| misanthrope | one who hates or distrusts humanity |
| malign | to speak slander of |
| abyss | a deep chasm or gulf |
| vicissitudes | irregular changes or variations |
| duplicity | deception in speech or conduct |
| transitory | brief |
| abeyance | suspension or temporary inaction |
| vindicate | to provide justification for |
| debauchery | excessive gratification of all one's sensual appetites |
| libido | sexual desire |
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