| Term | Definition |
|---|
| alias | an assumed or additional name |
| alien | a person who comes from a foreign country; strange |
| ambience | atmosphere |
| appall | weaken; dismay |
| apparition | phenomenon; appearance; ghostly figure |
| argot | special words or phrases used by a specific group of people |
| artifice | deception; trickery |
| atone | to make amends; reconcile |
| bask | to be in, or expose oneself to, pleasant warmth; to take pleasure in or derive enjoyment from |
| brandish | to wave or flourish in a menacing or vigorous fashion; swing |
| burnish | polish and make shiny |
| caper | a playful leap or hop; prank; theft |
| caprice | a sudden desire; sudden motion |
| circumspect | cautious |
| circumvent | to make a cicuit around or to get around |
| citadel | fortress that commands a city |
| collusion | secret agreement or cooperation |
| dirge | a funeral hymn or mournful speech |
| docile | easy to teach or manage |
| dormant | not active but capable of becoming active |
| dredge | a power shovel to remove material from a channel or riverbed |
| edict | a formal or authoritative proclamation; order |
| edifice | building |
| engross | to write something big; to gain the whole attention of |
| evasion | dodge; escape |
| expanse | extending of area; firmament |
| expend | spend; utilize |
| expiate | put an end to; make amends for |
| filial | befitting a son or daughter; relationship of a child |
| harry | assault; worry |
| homily | short sermon; lecture of a moral them; inspirational catch phrase |
| impotent | helpless; sterile; ungovernable |
| impudent | lacking modesty; cocky boldness |
| intrinsic | belonging to a thing by its very nature |
| jut | project; extend out |
| laden | load; ship; filled with |
| latent | capable of becoming though not visible; potential |
| lop | material cut off from a tree; cut off a human |
| mediate | seperate two opposing parties |
| parry | to ward off a weapon or blow |
| pelt | strike with a succesion of blows; throw; hurry |
| qualm | a sudden illness; sudden fear |
| query | inquiry; doubt; question |
| rectify | to set right; purify; correct |
| risque | off-color |
| row | a nosy disturbance |
| rue | regret; to feel remorse |
| saturnine | born or influenced by Saturn; cold and steady in mood |
| schism | division; formal seperation |
| stature | upright; status gained by development |
| subsist | have existence; nourish oneself; to hold true |
| throe | spasm; hard or painful struggle |
| tittle | point or small sign used in writing; very small part |
| tractable | easily taught, led, or controlled; obedient |
| vacuity | empty space; emptied or lack of content; idle |
| vagary | unpredictable, erratic, or extravagant action or notion |
| vagrant | no established residence; low stature; wanderer |
| vigil | watch kept on night before a religious feast; day before religious feast; staying awake |
| vortex | a fluid with a circular motion that forms a vacuum in the center of |
| wraith | ghost; specter; shadow; barely visible gaseous or vaporous column |
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