| Term | Definition |
|---|
| auspicious | adj. marked by success; fortunate; prosperous |
| cantankerous | adj. ill-tempered and quarrelsome; disagreeable; contrary |
| countenance | 1. vt. to permit or tolerate. 2. n. Appearance, especially the look or expression of the face |
| defenestration | n. the act of throwing someone or something out a window |
| elude | . to avoid or escape by speed, cleverness, trickery, etc.; evade |
| facetious | adj. amusing; humorous |
| fortnight | n. a period of fourteen days and nights; two weeks |
| mesmerize | vt. to hypnotize |
| panache | n. a grand or flamboyant manner; verve; style; flair |
| philanthropy | n. the effort or inclination to improve the well-being of mankind, as by charitable aid or donations |
| sabotage | n. 1. the damaging of property or procedure so as to obstruct productivity or functioning, such as that committed by enemy agents against a nation in war. 2. Any underhanded method to do harm to or defeat an endeavor; deliberate subversion |
| satire | n. a literary work in which irony, derision, or wit in any form is used to expose folly or wickedness |
| upheaval | n. strong or violent change or disturbance, as in society |
| vigor | n. active physical or mental strength |
| yeanling | n. the young of a sheep or a goat; a lamb or a kid |
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