| Term | Definition |
| industrious | skillfully busy or occupied |
| insolence | insulting or contemptuous behavior |
| inveterate | firmly established, habitual, deep-rooted |
| knotty | so complicated that it can probably not be solved; full of knots |
| loathe | to detest |
| malign | to utter injuriously misleading reports about |
| mutinous | rebellious, unruly |
| odious | deserving hate or contempt |
| paragon | a model of excellence or perfection |
| penitent | showing or feeling regret for wrongdoing, repentant |
| perdition | eternal damnation, utter ruin |
| perfidious | calculated to deceive; deceitful; treacherous |
| potent | powerful, having a strong effect |