| Term | Definition |
| listless | characterized by lack of interest, energy, or spirit |
| suborned | induced secretly to do an unlawful thing |
| depreciatory | showing low estimation or esteem |
| unremunerative | not profitable |
| mollified | soothed in temper or disposition |
| abject | sunk to or existing in a low state or condition |
| inscrutably | in a manner that is not easily interpreted or understood |
| excrescence | a disfiguring, extraneous, or unwanted mark or part |
| beneficent | doing or producing good |
| vagaries | erratic, unpredictable, or extravagant actions or notions |
| sanctify | to make holy or sacred |
| sagacious | showing acute mental discernment and keen practical sense; shrewd |
| maudlin | overly sentimental |
| temporize | to draw out discussion or negotiations so as to gain time |
| disconcerted | thrown into confusion |
| imbrue | to stain |
| obtrude | to force or impose on someone without warrant or request |
| sublime | lofty or grand in expression or manner, awe-inspiring |
| amalgamation | a union or merger of parts |
| unwonted | out of the ordinary, rare, unusual |