| Term | Definition |
|---|
| admonition | n. counsel, caution, a warning |
| bards | n. poets |
| muse | n. the genius or powers characteristic of a poet |
| oracles | n. divine communications or revelations |
| piquancy | n. liveliness; tartness |
| nonchalance | n. cool indifference or lack of concern |
| titular | adj. pertaining to title |
| ephemeral | adj. lasting a short time, transitory |
| Eclat | n. showy or elaborate display |
| constitution | n. character or condition of mind |
| capitulate | v. to surrender unconditionally or on stipulated terms |
| mean | adj. low or inferior in grade, quality or character |
| expediency | n. a regard for what is advantageous or politic rather than for what is right |
| Mortify | v. to subjugate the body, passions, etc. by abstinence, ascetic discipline, or self- inflicted suffering |
| prudent | adj. judiciously wise or caucious in practical affiars |
| Magnanimity | n. generosity in forgiving an insult or injury |
| Sallies | n. Outbursts or flights of passion of fancy |
| homage | n. respect |
| Affront | v. to offend by a show of disrespect; n.affront, a show of disrespect |
| interloper | n.intruder |
| equipage | n. carriage with horse and attendants |
| obsequious | adj. excessively compliant or deferential |
| mendicant | adj. characteristic of a beggar; n. beggar |
| Sycophant | n. a servile flatter, a fawning parasite |
| parallax | n. the apparen the displacement of an object due to the difference of two point of view |
| apologue | n. a moral fable |
| prate | v. babble, chatter |
| docility | n. submissiveness |
| shriven | p.p of shrive, confess one's sin |
| inly | adv. inwardly, intimately, deeply |
| timorous | adj. fearful |
| despond | v. brood, lament, despair |
| platic | adj. capable of being molded or receiving form |
| disapprobation | n. condemnation; disapproval |
| venerable | adj. worthy of respect |
| encumber | v. to impede or hinder; to burden or weigh down |
| amelioration | n. improvement |
| laudation | n. tribute, and act or instance of praise |
| bivouac | n. an encampment made with tnets or improvised shelters |
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