| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Acute | extremely sharp or intense |
| Dissimulation | the act of deceiving |
| Cunning | marked by skill in deception |
| Sagacity | ability to make good judgments |
| Suppositions | assumptions; things one thinks are true w/o evidence |
| Waned | to grow gradually less |
| Wary | on guard; watchful |
| Audacity | excessive boldness, rashness, daring |
| Vehemently | forcefully |
| Gesticulation | A deliberate, vigorous motion or gesture |
| Impunity | freedom from punishment |
| Immolation | being sacrificed, or something sacrificed |
| Motley | a collection containing a variety of sorts of things |
| Roquelaire | knee length cloak |
| Flambeaux | Lighted torches for burials |
| Trowel | a flat-bladed tool used for spreading cement |
| Mason | a craftsman who works with stone or brick |
| Rapier | a straight sword with a narrow blade and two edges |
| Aperture | An opening, especially one that admits light |
| Inveterate | (adj.) stubbornly established by habit |
| Pertinacity | stubborn, tough-minded determination |
| Indefatigable | incapable of being tired out |
| Prolixity | tedious wordiness, excessively long |
| Perusal | The act of reading carefully or thoughtfully. |
| Apt | suitable, fitting, likely; quick to learn |
| Scant | not enough; barely enough; marked by a small or insufficient amount |
| Opulent | rich and superior in quality |
| Vicissitude | a change or variation; ups and downs |
| Profusion | large supply; abundance |
| Sallow | Of a sickly, pale-yellowish complexion |
| Malignant | deadly, extremely harmful, evil; spiteful, malicious |
| Rectify | make right or correct |
| Ardor | Intensity of passion or affection |
| Deleterious | harmful, destructive, detrimental |
| Vagaries | an unpredictable or erratic action |
| Affinity | A natural attraction or feeling of kinship |
| Surmise | to suppose something without sufficient evidence |
| Pervading | spread throughout |
| tincture | a quality that colors, pervades, or distinguishes |
| pertinacity | persistent determination |
| Irrevocably | unable to be changed or reversed |
| Emaciated | extremely thin, wasted away |
| Tendrils | Something, such as a ringlet of hair, that is long, slender, and curling OR A twisting, threadlike structure by which a twining plant |
| Depraved | sinful, corrupt |
| Ominous | threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments |
| Connoisseur | an expert, particularly in matters of art and taste |
| Unwonted | out of the ordinary |
| Requisite | adj. needed; necessary |
| Imbued | To stain or dye deeply; to inspire or influence thoroughly; pervade |
| Evinced | to show clearly/prove |
| Ostensible | outwardly appearing as such |
| Deference | courteous respect |
| Virulent | extremely poisonous or injurious |
| Innocuous | unlikely to harm or disturb anyone |
| Benign | harmless |
| Efficacy | capacity or power to produce a desired effect |
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