| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Assiduously | (adv) doing something carefully and busily |
| virtuous | (adj) moral; upright |
| retribution | (noun) punishment for wrong-doing |
| unobtrusively | (adv) doing something without calling attention to oneself |
| simultaneously | (adv) occuring at the same time |
| anguish | (noun) great suffering from worry |
| phoenix | from egyption mythology- a beautiful bird that burst into flares and then a new bird arose from its ashes |
| Lodgings | (noun) a temporary place to stay |
| brisk | (adj) quick and active |
| swanky | (adj) extremely fashionable and elegant |
| congenial | (adj) suitable and pleasing in nature |
| dithering | (adj) nervous and agited |
| compulsion | (noun) an irresistable impulse to act on |
| compel | (verb) to secure or bring about by force |
| tantalize | (verb) to torment with the sight of something desired but just out of reach |
| emanate | (verb) to send forth or emit |
| Imputation | (noun) an accusation of a criminal act |
| Parsimony | (noun) the state of bing cheap and stingy |
| Mendicancy | (noun) the state of being a begger |
| Depreciate | (verb) to lessen the value or price of |
| Meretricious | (adj) tastelessly flashy, deceptively pleasing |
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