| Term | Definition |
|---|
| abominate | to find repugnant; abhor |
| brood | to think moodily or anxiously about something; be in a huff; be silent or sullen; the young of an animal cared for at one time |
| churlish | rude and boorish; having a bad disposition |
| contrariness | deliberate and stubborn; resistant to guidance or discipline; a fussy and eccentric disposition |
| daguerreotype | a photograph made by an early photographic process |
| despondency | feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless |
| disheveled | disarranged or rumple; extremely disorderly and in disarray |
| disport | occupy in an agreeable, entertaining, or pleasant fashion; to have fun |
| eminence | high status importance owing to marked superiority; a protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament |
| glower | an angry stare; looked at with a fixed gaze; look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal disapproval |
| indignation | a feeling of righteous anger |
| lame | someone who doesn't understand what is going on; cripple; pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness |
| languid | lacking spirit or liveliness |
| petulance | irritability, crossness, fussiness, peevishness |
| precipitate | bring about abruptly; fall vertically; done w/ very great haste and w/out due deliberation |
| predispose | make susceptible |
| proprietor | someone who owns a business |
| relent | to give in, as to influence or pressure |
| reverie | absentminded dreaming while awake; an abstracted state of absorption |
| rigor | something hard to endure; excessive sternness |
| saucy | characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality; improperly bold and forward |
| spry | moving quickly and lightly |
| stalwart | inured to fatigue or hardships; dependable; a person who is loyal to their allegiance |
| surly | inclined to anger or bad feelings w/ overtones of menace |
| teem | move in large numbers; swarm |
| affectation | a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display; mannerism |
| ascribe | attribute or credit to |
| avert | to turn away or aside; to ward off; prevent |
| conjecture | to conclude or suppose from grounds of evidence insufficient to ensure reliability |
| discern | to distinguish mentally; recognize as distinct or different |
| disconcert | to disturb the self-possession of; to throw into disorder or confusion; disarrange |
| entreat | to ask earnestly for something; to make an earnest request or petition |
| equivocal | of doubtful nature or character; questionable; having several different meanings; of uncertain significance; not determined |
| haggard | showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering; very thin especially from disease or hunger; wild and untamed |
| impertinence | unmannerly intrustion or presumption; irrelevance, inappropriateness, or absurdity |
| impervious | not admitting of passage or capable of being affected |
| ineffable | incapable of being expressed or described in words; not to be spoken because of its sacredness; unutterable |
| listless | having or showing little or no interest in anything; spiritless; indifferent |
| plucky | having or showing courage; brave |
| rancor | bitter, rankling resentment or ill will; hatred; malice |
| rend | to tear or be torn violently |
| revelation | the act of revealing or disclosing; a striking disclosure, as of something not before realized |
| sanguine | cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, or confident; bloody; red |
| solicitude | anxiety or concern; an attitude expressing excessive attentiveness; worry, unease |
| subdue | to overpower by superior force; overcome; to reduce the intensity, soften, tone down |
| unscrupulous | unprincipled refer to lack of moral standards or conscience to guide one's conduct |
| vertigo | dizziness; a confused, disoriented state of mind |
| warrant | to give authority to; to give reason or sanction for; justify |
| whimsical | given to whimsy or fanciful notions; capricious; erratic; unpredictable |
| wooer | to seek or win the favor, affection, or love of; to seek to persuade as to do something |
| abject | utterly hopeless, miserable, or humiliating; showing submissiveness or utter resignation |
| accost | to confront boldly, to approach; a greeting; to solicit for sexual purposes |
| advocate | to speak or write in favor of; a person who pleads for or in behalf of another |
| attribute | to regard as resulting from a specified clause; to consider as a quality or characteristic of |
| cleave | to adhere closely, stick, cling; to split or divide; to pass through |
| covert | concealed, secret, disguised; covered, sheltered |
| degradation | humiliation, disgrace, dishonor; the act of lowering one's dignity |
| disenfranchised | to deprive of a right of citizenship, as of the right to vote |
| dissimulation | the act of deceiving |
| doff | to remove; to tip or take off (a hat) in salutation |
| enterprising | marked by imagination, initiative, and readiness to undertake new projects |
| esteem | to regard highly or favorably w/ respect or admiration; favorable opinion or judgement; repect or regard |
| impending | about to happen; imminent; to threaten or menace |
| incommode | to inconvenience or discomfort; disturb, trouble; to impede, hinder |
| loquacity | talkativeness; garrulity; very talkative |
| oratory | skill or eloquence in public speaking; a place of prayer, as a small chapel or a room for private devotions |
| pretext | something serving to conceal plans; a fictitious reason that is concocted in order to conceal the real reason; an artful or simulated semblance |
| righteousness | the quality or state of being just or rightful; adhering to moral principles |
| scabbard | a sheath for a sword or the like; to put into a ______; sheathe |
| stipulation | a condition, demand, or promise in an agreement or contract |
| till | to plow; to cultivate the soil |
| unalienable | not to be separated, given away, or taken away |
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