| Term | Definition |
|---|
| hitherto | up to now, previously, so far |
| apoplexy | n. sudden inability to feel or move, caused by the blockage or rupture of an artery in the brain , |
| extol | praise, glorify, or honor |
| converge | come together so as to form a single product |
| dapper | marked by smartness in dress and manners |
| suave | smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication |
| confounded | perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements |
| absurdity | foolishness |
| palaver | loud and confused and empty talk |
| zeal | a feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause) |
| alpacas | domesticated llama with long silky fleece |
| emissary | someone sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else |
| precarious | not secure |
| nostalgia | longing for the past |
| ecstatic | feeling great rapture or delight |
| impervious | not admitting of passage or capable of being affected |
| imbibed | Took into the mind; absorbed |
| benevolence | Any act of kindness or well-doing. |
| homburg | felt hat with a creased crown |
| unambiguous | admitting of no doubt or misunderstanding |
| vespers | evening prayer - pray that Christ, the light which never ends, will always be their hope |
| arpeggios | a chord whose notes are played in rapid succession rather than simultaneously |
| decorous | according with custom or propriety |
| evocation | (n) summon or call forth |
| sundering | breaking apart dividing severing |
| irrevocably | conclusively, permanently, indelibly |
| amiable | friendly |
| pantomime | a performance using gestures and body movements without words |
| inscrutable | Impenetrably mysterious or profound. |
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