| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Denizens | Inhabitants |
| Coxswain | The man who leads the racing boat |
| Chamois | Soft leather used for polishing |
| Filial | relating to a son or daughter |
| lithe | graceful |
| contemplation | thoughtful consideration |
| bolster | to support |
| arbiter | judge |
| ambiguous | unclear |
| indolent | lazy |
| convivality | happy |
| opacity | the quality of being difficult to understand to others |
| machination | crafty schemes |
| Oversight | Unintentional mistakes |
| grievously | Severely |
| prospects | chances or possibilities |
| vexation | anger |
| pauper | poor person |
| adulation | excessive praise |
| aghast | filled with shock |
| ruinous | bringing ruin |
| gamut | the entire range of something |
| privation | lack of basic necessities |
| exorbitant | too high |
| askew | crooked |
| invalid | too ill to live a normal life |
| careen | to rush carelessly |
| vortex | a violent state of affairs |
| iridescent | Shining with shifting rainbow colors |
| infallibility | an ability to make errors |
| doggedness | persistence |
| reiterate | to repeat |
| precariously | insecurely |
| exotic | excitingly strange |
| heresy | an action or opinion contrary to what is thought to be right |
| stupor | daze |
| magnanimous | generous and noble |
| conjecture | an inference or guess |
| sidereal | from the stars |
| disperse | to scatter |
| proliferate | to multiply |
| hermetic | mysterious |
| providential | fortunate |
| Decrepitude | weakness from age or illness |
| ungainly | lacking grace |
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