| Term | Definition |
|---|
| dissolution | the action or process of dissolving |
| pestilence | a contagious or infectious epidemic disease that spreads quickly and is often fatal |
| sagacious | quick and wise in understanding and judgment |
| august | being grand and noble; majestic |
| dauntless | fearless |
| ingress | the act of entering |
| egress | the act or right of exiting |
| impede | to interfere with the movement or progress of |
| gaudy | overly or tastelessly ornamented |
| hearken | to listen |
| disconcert | to disturb the arrangement of; upset |
| tremulousness | displaying nervousness or shakiness |
| piquancy | the quality or state of being pleasing or exciting |
| wanton | indecent or lewd |
| writhe | to twist and turn this way and that |
| emphatic | attracting special attention |
| cessation | a stopping of action |
| disapprobation | disapproval |
| decorum | agreement with accepted standards of conduct; proper behavior |
| propriety | the quality or state of being proper |
| gaunt | being thin and bony |
| habiliments | clothing |
| vesture | a covering garment |
| robust | being strong and vigorously healthy |
| spectral | ghostly |
| impetuosity | marked by force of action or movement |
| prostrate | stretched out with the face on the ground |
| untenanted | unnocupied |
| tangible | capable of being touched |
| illimitable | not able to be limited or measured |
| dominion | supreme authority |
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