| Term | Definition |
|---|
| ostensible | appearing as such but not necessarily so |
| eponymous | giving one's name to a place, book, restaurant |
| averse | Reluctant. |
| appendage | armiture -a part of sosmething larger |
| fostered | To bring up, give care to, to promote; encourage |
| galvanism | the therapeutic application of electricity to the body |
| odious | hateful, vile |
| niche | the role of a spceies in a community |
| assailed | To attack with or as if with violent blows, assulted |
| endeavor | To try |
| ardent | adj. Burning with passion. |
| derive | come from |
| fosterage | raising someone to be an accepted member of the community |
| amassed | accumulated |
| latitude | freedom from normal restraints in conduct |
| emaciated | thin and wasted (from hunger or illness) |
| trifling | trivial; unimportant |
| daemon | a person who is part mortal and part god |
| quiver | a shaky motion |
| converse | carry on a conversation |
| discernment | ability to make good judgments |
| intonation | the act of singing in a monotonous tone |
| liniments | a medicinal liquid that is rubbed into the skin to relieve muscular stiffness and pain |
| harrowing | extremely painful |
| indefatigable | unable to be tired out |
| abode | the place where one lives; home |
| rankling | (enervate) cause annoyance or irritation |
| interment | burial |
| disconsolate | hopelessly sad (at the loss of something) |
| penury | extreme poverty |
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