| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Subsist | (v.) to have existence; to nourish and take care of oneself; to manage, survive, sustain |
| Execration | (n.) utter detestation; the act of cursing |
| Dote | (v.) to lavish attention, love to excess |
| Unsullied | (adj.) unsoiled, unstained |
| Immure | (v.) to enclose within; to build into a wall |
| Flagrant | (adj.) outrageous, conspicuous |
| Verdure | (n.) lush vegetation |
| Genial | (adj.) favorable to growth or comfort; displaying or characterized by genius |
| Agile | (adj.) well coordinated, nimble |
| Puerile | (adj.) childish, immature, silly |
| Noisome | (adj.) stinking, putrid, foul |
| Emulation | (n.) jealous rivalry (obsolete), ambition to excel, effort or ambition to equal or surpass another |
| Abject | (adj.) miserable, pitiful |
| Enraptured | (adj.) captivated, enchanted, enslaved |
| Slothful | (adj.) sluggish, lazy |
| Tinge | (v.) to affect or modify in character; to color with a slight shade, stain, odor or taste |
| Purport | (n.) intention or purpose |
| Ravish | (v.) to overcome with emotion; to seize and take away through violence |
| Declamatory | (adj.) pretentiously rhetorical |
| Base | (adj.) lacking qualities of higher mind or spirit, vulgar |
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