| Term | Definition |
|---|
| abyss | immeasurably deep chasm, depth, or void |
| balm | soothing, healing, or comforting agent or quality |
| battery | array of similar things intended for use together |
| caprice | whim |
| conjectured | guessed |
| dearth | lack of; scarcity |
| deportment | manner of personal conduct; behavior |
| ejaculation | sudden short exclamation, especially a brief pious utterence or prayer |
| eminence | position of great distinction or superiority |
| enmity | extreme hatred or ill-will |
| epoch | particular period of history, especially one considered remarkable or noteworthy |
| gesticulation | deliberate, vigorous motion or gesture |
| imperious | arrogantly domineering or overbearing |
| intangibility | incapable of being perceived by the senses |
| inviolable | impregnable to assault or trespass; invincible |
| labyrinth | maze |
| placidity | undisturbed by tumult or disorder; calm or quiet |
| plebian | low class, crude, vulgar |
| query | question |
| rebuke | to criticize or reprove sharply; reprimand |
| akin | having a similar quality or character; analogous |
| apparition | ghostly figure; a specter |
| behest | urgent request |
| benevolence | inclination to perform kind, charitable acts |
| cabalistic | having a secret or hidden meaning; occult |
| eldritch | strange or unearthly; eerie |
| extant | still in existence; not destroyed, lost, or extinct |
| firmament | vault or expanse of the heavens; the sky |
| folio | book or manuscript of the largest common size |
| loquacious | very talkative |
| pallid | having an abnormally pale or wan complexion |
| panoply | splendid or striking array |
| perpetuate | to prolong the existence of; cause to be remembered |
| reproof | the act, an instance, or an expression of reproving; a rebuke |
| sanguine | cheerfully confident; optimistic |
| similtude | similarity; resemblance |
| tome | book, especially a large or scholarly one |
| venerable | commanding respect by virtue of age, dignity, character, or position |
| vista | distant view or prospect, especially one seen through an opening, as between rows of buildings or trees |
| wan | unnaturally pale, as from physically or emotional distress |
| acumen | quickness and keeness of and insight |
| appellation | name, title, or designation |
| baggage | impudent girl or woman |
| bedizen | to ornament or dress in a showy or gaudy manner |
| catechism | book giving a brief summanry of the basic principles of Christianity in question and answer form |
| dusky | characterized by little or inadequete light; shadowy |
| emaciated | to make or become extremely thin, especially as aresult of starvation |
| endowed | to equip or supply with a talent or quality |
| epiphany | a sudden revelation |
| faculties | any of the powers or capacities possessed by the human mind |
| gait | particular way or manner of moving on ffot |
| hubris | overbearing pride or presumtion; arrogance |
| import | importance |
| indefeasible | not to be defeated |
| proximity | closeness; nearness |
| supercilious | feeling or showing haughty disdain; smug |
| temporal | of or relating to the material world; wildly |
| unobtrusive | not undesirably noticeable or blatant; inconspicuous |
| vehemence | characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid |
| warily | on guard; watchful |
| abode | dwelling place; a home |
| affinity | natural attraction, liking, or feeling of kinship |
| apothecary | one that prepares and sells drugs and other medicines; a pharmacist |
| avowed | to acknowledge openly, boldly, and unashamedly; confess |
| commodious | spacious; roomy |
| decried | to condemn openly |
| delve | to search deeply and laboriously |
| erudition | deep, extensive learning |
| exemplary | serving as a model |
| importunate | troublesomely urgent or persistent in requesting; pressingly entreating |
| inarticulate | uttered without the use of normal words or syllables; incomprehesible as speech or language |
| incantation | ritual recitation of verbal charms or spells to produce a magic effect |
| infirmity | illness; weakness |
| pernicious | highly injurious; deadly; destructive; exceedingly harmful |
| ominous | menacing; threatening |
| penance | voluntary suffering to repent for a wrong |
| sojourn | visit; stay |
| tumult | din and commotion of a great crowd |
| unsavory | distasteful or disagreeable |
| vacuous | lacking intelligence; devoid of meaning, expression, or matter; empty |
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