| Term | Definition |
| averred | (verb) stated to be true |
| sojourn | (verb) stay for a while |
| expiated | (verb) atoned: made amends for, especially by suffering |
| reverence | (noun) deep respect |
| sinuous | (adj) bending;winding |
| tumult | (noun) noisy commotion |
| arbiter | (noun) judge;umpire |
| tempests | (noun) storms |
| torrid | (adj) very hot; scorching |
| fathomless | (adj) too deep to be measured or understood |
| retort | (verb) respond with a clever answer or wisecrack |
| insensible | (adj) unable to feel or sense anything;numb |
| credulous | (adj) willing to believe; naive |
| copious | (adj) abundant; plentiful |
| avarice | (noung) greed |