| 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 | Cheerless, dejected, downcast |
| 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 | showing or causing gloom or depression |
| 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 |
| Impair | to damage or make worse by or as if by diminishing in some material respect |
| Imperceptible | to damage not perceptible by a sense or by the mind make worse by or as if by diminishing in some material respect |
| 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 | obviously harmful |
| Liberal | not literal or strict |
| Melancholy | a depression of spirits |
| Disgorge | to discharge or let go of rapidly or forcefully |
| Contemplate | to view or consider with continued attention |
| Magnanimous | showing or suggesting a lofty and courageous spirit |
| Degrade | to lower in grade, rank, or status |
| Encroach | to enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another |
| Adept | to be highly skilled or well-trained at something |
| Dissipate | to break up and drive off (as a crowd) |
| Derive | to take, receive, or obtain especially from a specified source |
| Niggardly | grudgingly mean about spending or granting |
| Chasm | a marked division, separation, or difference |
| Deter | to turn aside, discourage, or prevent from acting |
| Reticent | restrained in expression, presentation, or appearance |
| Inexplicable | incapable of being explained, interpreted, or accounted for |
| Incongruous | not harmonious |
| Exacting | tryingly or unremittingly severe in making demands |
| Remiss | negligent in the performance of work or duty |
| Retort | to answer back usually sharply |
| Penitential | of or relating to penitence or penance (sorrow for sins or faults) |
| Elocution | a style of speaking especially in public |
| Encompass | to form a circle |
| Pervade | to become diffused throughout every part of |
| Adjunct | something joined or added to another thing but not essentially a part of it |
| Lavish | expending or bestowing profusely |
| Servile | meanly or cravenly submissive |
| Auspicious | affording a favorable auspice (kindly patronage and guidance) |
| Jorum | kindly patronage and guidance |
| Staid | marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint |
| Abhorrence | the act or state of abhorring (to regard with extreme repugnance) |
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