| Term | Definition |
| plaited | interwoven, braided, especially of the hair or straw |
| disconsolate | heartbroken, dejected, without consolation or solace; hopelessly unhappy; inconsolable |
| penury | a state of extreme poverty or destitution |
| fervently | passionate fervor |
| caprice | a sudden desire |
| filial | characteristic of befitting an offspring |
| vehement | extreme intensity of emotions or convictions |
| metaphysical | highly abstract and over-theoretical |
| chimerical | produced by a wildly fanciful imagination |
| multifarious | having many aspects |
| galvanism | electricity produced by chemical action |
| entreaties | pleas, petitions, requests |
| uncouth | lacking refinement or cultivation or taste |
| imbued | saturated, filled |
| imbibed | taken in, absorbed or assimilated |
| reprobated | denounced |
| panegyric | formal expression of praise |
| palpable | capable of being perceived by the senses or the mind |
| mien | dignified manner or conduct |
| erroneously | in a mistaken manner |
| dogmatism | claiming there is only one correct argument |
| charnel | a vault or building where corpses or bones are deposited |
| incipient | only partly in existence |