| Term | Definition |
|---|
| valor | boldness; courage; bravery |
| flounder | to move clumsily; to struggle or proceed with difficulty; also a flat fish |
| unkempt | not combed; untidy; not properly maintained; unpolished, rude |
| debris | rubble; wreckage; scattered remains of something broken or destroyed |
| flail | beat with or as if with a flail; move wildly; thresh grain by hand; strike or slap; toss about; N: threshing tool consisting of a stick swinging from the end of a long handle |
| dogged | persistent, stubbornly determined, refusing to give up |
| flotsam | floating debris; homeless, impoverished people |
| curb | to restrain or control; an edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter) |
| dictatorial | domineering; oppressively overbearing; ruled by a dictator |
| commerce | buying or selling of goods; social exchange, especially of opinions, attitudes, etc. |
| grovel | crawl or creep on ground; remain prostrate; behave in a servile manner |
| naive | simple in outlook; not affected or worldly; especially innocent |
| embargo | an order forbidding the trade in or movement of commercial goods; any restraint or hindrance; to forbid to enter or leave port; to forbid trade with |
| muzzle | to restrain or restrict; fit with a muzzle |
| stalwart | strong and sturdy; brave; resolute; a brave, strong person; a strong supporter; one who takes an uncompromising position |
| edict | an order issued by someone in authority |
| dwindle | to keep on becoming less; to grow smaller in number or amount |
| worldly | engrossed in matters of this earth; not spiritual; of the material world |
| taboo | excluded or forbidden from use or mention |
| deign | condescend; stoop |
| adamant | Stubborn; unyielding; completely inflexible; unbreakable; unshakable |
| gaffe | blunder; social mistake |
| falter | to hesitate, stumble, lose courage; to speak hesitatingly; to lose drive, weaken, decline |
| affable | courteous and pleasant, sociable, easy to speak to |
| lapse | slip; error; accidental mistake |
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