| Term | Definition |
| levity | n. lightness of disposition; lack of seriousness |
| hoax | n. a practical joke; a trick |
| amicable | adj. friendly; peaceable |
| obstreperous | adj. aggressively boisterous; stubborn and defiant |
| enraptured | adj. delighted beyond measure |
| marital | adj. having to do with marriage |
| bask | v. to lie in or be exposed to warmth |
| genial | adj. friendly; amiable |
| charlatan | n. one who pretends to have professional knowledge in order to swindle others |
| mundane | adj. commonplace; of the earth and not spiritual |
| fickle | adj. likely to change on a whim or without apparent reason |
| juggernaut | n. a terrible destructive or irresistible force |
| naive | adj. simple in nature; not affected or worldly; especially innocent |
| nocturnal | adj. having to do with the night, occurring at night |
| novice | n. a beginner; one who is inexperienced |