| Term | Definition |
| dissolution | To dissolve, like a friend ship, or your skin |
| pestilence | any epidemic disease with a high death rate |
| sagacious | acutely insightful and wise |
| august | being grand and noble |
| dauntless | fearless |
| ingress | the act of entertaining |
| egress | the act or right of going or coming out |
| impeded | to interfere with the movement or progress of |
| gaudy | overly or tastelessly ornamented |
| hearken | to listen |
| disconcert | to disturb the arrangement of |
| tremulousness | a fearfulness or nervousness |
| piquancy | the quality of being pleasing or exciting |
| wanton | INDECENT |
| writhe | to twist and turn this way and that |
| emphatic | attracting special attention |