| Term | Definition |
| scrupulously | precise or exact |
| listless | having no spirit; characterized by unwillingingness to try |
| sundering | to break apart |
| tumult | violent and noisy commotion or disturbance of a crowd or mob; uproar |
| wayward | turned away from what's right or proper; willful; disobedient |
| ordination | arrangement; the act of arranging |
| uncouth | awkward, clumsy, unmannerly. strange, or ungraceful |
| commiseration | to pity; to sympathize |
| lucid | easily understood |
| embayed | To put, shelter, or detain |
| nebulous | hazy, vague, indistinct, or confused |
| banter | an exchange of light, playful, teasing remarks |
| sovereignty | rightful status, independence |
| artificer | a person who is skillful or clever in devising ways of making things; inventor |
| impalpable | difficult for the mind to grasp |
| tremulous | vibratory, shaking, or quivering |
| jetsam | Cargo thrown overboard to lighten a ship in distress |
| subterfuge | A deceptive stratagem or device |
| wantonness | deliberate and without motive or provocation; uncalled-for; headstrong |
| languor | physical weakness or faintness |