| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Admonition | counsel, caution, a warning |
| Bards | Poets |
| Muse | The genius or powers characteristic of a poet |
| ORACLES | divine communications or revelations |
| PIQUANCY | liveliness; tartness |
| NONCHALANCE | cool indifference or lack of concern |
| ÉCLAT | showy or elaborate display |
| CONSTITUTION | character or condition of mind |
| TITULAR | pertaining to title |
| EPHEMERAL | lasting a short time; transitory |
| CAPITULATE | to surrender unconditionally or on stipulated terms |
| MEAN | low or inferior in grade, quality, or character |
| EXPEDIENCY | a regard for what is advantageous or politic rather than for what is right |
| MORTIFY | to subjugate the body, passions, etc. by abstinence, ascetic discipline, or self-inflicted suffering |
| PRUDENT | judiciously wise or cautious in practical affairs |
| MAGNANIMITY | generosity in forgiving an insult or injury |
| SALLIES | outbursts or flights of passion or fancy |
| HOMAGE | respect |
| AFFRONT | to offend by a show of disrespect |
| INTERLOPER | Intruder |
| EQUIPAGE | carriage with horses and attendants |
| OBSEQUIOUS | excessively compliant or deferential |
| MENDICANT | characteristic of a beggar |
| SYCOPHANT | a servile flatterer; a fawning parasite |
| PARALLAX | the apparent displacement of an object due to the difference of two points of view |
| APOLOGUE | a moral fable |
| PRATE | babble, chatter |
| DOCILITY | submissiveness |
| SHRIVEN | confess one's sins |
| INLY | inwardly; intimately, deeply |
| TIMOROUS | fearful |
| DESPOND | brood, lament, despair |
| PLASTIC | capable of being molded or receiving form |
| DISAPPROBATION | condemnation; disapproval |
| VENERABLE | worthy of respec |
| ENCUMBER | to impede or hinder; to burden or weigh down |
| AMELIORATION | improvement |
| LAUDATION | tribute, an act or instance of praise |
| BIVOUAC | an encampment made with tents or improvised shelters |
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