| Term | Definition |
|---|
| laconically | adv.) using few words; concise |
| manifest | v.) to show or demonstrate plainly; reveal; prove |
| indignantly | adv.) filled with indignation; expressing strong displeasure |
| ruefully | adv.) expressing sorrow or pity; mournful |
| recumbent | adj.) lying down; reclining |
| luxuriant | adj.) abundant or lush in growth |
| rash | adj.) acting too hastily or without consideration; reckless |
| impunity | n.) exemption from punishment, penalty, or harm |
| despondently | adv.) feeling hopelessness, dejection, discouragement, or gloom |
| teeming | adj.) abounding or swarming with something |
| variegated | adj.) varied in appearance or color |
| stalwart | adj.) strongly and stoutly built; sturdy and robust; firm and resolute |
| vexed | adj.) irritated; annoyed |
| glowering | v.) to look or stare angrily or sullenly |
| churlish | adj.) boorish; rude |
| petulance | n.) irritability; ill-tempered; contemptuous behavior |
| impervious | adj.) impenetrable; incapable of being affected |
| entreating | v.) to ask earnestly; beseech; implore; beg |
| assented | v.) to agree or concur |
| conjecture | n.) expression of an opinion without sufficient evidence for proof; guesswork |
| affectations | n.) a show, pretense, or display |
| jauntily | adv.) easy and sprightly in manner; self-confident air; brisk |
| faltering | v.) hesitating or wavering |
| thronged | v.) to crowd into; fill |
| rancor | n.) bitter, rankling resentment or ill will |
| ineffable | adj.) inexpressible; indescribable |
| infirmity | n.) a physical weakness or ailment |
| haggard | adj.) appearing worn and exhausted; gaunt; wild or distraught |
| ordeal | n.) extremely severe or trying test |
| stolidly | adv.) not easily stirred or moved mentally; unemotional |
| reproachfully | adv.) expressing reproach or blame |
| impertinence | n.) unmannerly intrusion or presumption; insolence |
| foreshortened | v.) to abridge, reduce, or contract; make shorter |
| quarrelsome | adj.) inclined to quarrel; argumentative |
| ruddy | adj.) reddish; rosy |
| spasmodically | adv.) resembling spasms; sudden but brief; sporadic |
| wont | adj.) accustomed; used |
| zeal | n.) fervor; eager desire or endeavor |
| unscrupulous | adj.) unrestrained by scruples; conscienceless; unprincipled |
| sanguine | adj.) cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, or confident |
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