| Term | Definition |
|---|
| ravenous | extreme hunger |
| gibbet | upright post where bodies of criminals were left hanging |
| forge | make or shape a metal object by heating it in a fire |
| impart | make information known |
| disconsolate | unhappy |
| larceny | theft of personal property |
| consternation | feelings of anxiety |
| pall | cloth spread over coffin |
| rimy | covered with frost |
| ague | illness involving fever and shivering (malaria) |
| obscure | uncertain |
| stipulate | demand as part of an agreement |
| dismal | depressing |
| asunder | divided |
| excommunicate | official exclude someone from participation in the Christian Church |
| purblind | having impaired vision |
| sportive | lighthearted |
| disdain | feeling that someone is unworthy of one's respect |
| denounce | public declare to be wrong or evil |
| genteel | polite |
| contemptuous | showing contempt |
| assent | expression of approval |
| penitence | feeling sorrow and regret for having done wrong |
| rumination | think deeply about something |
| felicitous | well chosen to the circumstances |
| oblige | make legally bound to an action |
| supercilious | coolly and patronizingly haughty |
| burly | strongly and heavily built |
| Discernible | to recognize or identify as separate and distinct |
| Countenance | calm expression |
| Indenture | a contract binding one person to work for another for a given period of time —often used in plural |
| Emphatic | attracting special attention |
| Diabolical | of, relating to, or characteristic of the devil |
| Attest | to affirm to be true or genuine; specifically : to authenticate by signing as a witness |
| Sanctify | to set apart to a sacred purpose or to religious use |
| Dejected | cast down in spirits |
| Sagacious | of keen and farsighted penetration and judgment |
| Unscrupulous | not scrupulous |
| Insensible | incapable or bereft of feeling or sensation |
| Malignant | passionately and relentlessly malevolent : aggressively malicious |
| Corroborate | to support with evidence or authority : make more certain |
| Impair | to damage or make worse by or as if by diminishing in some material respect |
| Imperceptible | not perceptible by a sense or by the mind |
| Capricious | governed or characterized by caprice (a sudden, impulsive, and seemingly unmotivated notion or action) |
| Benefactor | one that confers a benefit; especially : one that makes a gift or bequest |
| Audacious | intrepidly daring : recklessly bold |
| detrimental | tending to cause harm |
| liberal | generous |
| melancholy | long-lasting sadness |
| disgorge | cause to pour out |
| contemplate | look thoughtfully for a long time |
| magnanimous | very generous |
| degrade | treat with disrespect |
| encroach | intrude |
| adept | very skilled at something |
| dissipate | scatter |
| derive | originate |
| niggardly | not generous |
| chasm | a deep opening in the earth |
| deter | discourage |
| reticent | not revealing one's thoughts |
| inexplicable | unable to be explained for |
| incongruous | not in harmony with something |
| exacting | making great demands on skill and attention |
| remiss | negligent |
| retort | answer to a remark |
| penitential | expressing regret and sorrow |
| elocution | the skill of clear speech |
| encompass | surround |
| pervade | spread through |
| adjunct | a thing added to something else |
| lavish | rich and luxurious |
| servile | willing to please others |
| auspicious | favorable |
| jorum | large bowl to serve drinks |
| staid | respectable and unadventurous |
| abhorrence | a feeling of disgust |
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