| Term | Definition |
| anarchy | complete political disorder |
| censer | vessel for burning incense |
| defile | narrow pass |
| entourage | group of attendants |
| expunge | remove |
| censor | examine to remove or suppress |
| forte | loudly |
| graphic | pictorial |
| heresy | holding views contrary to those officially taught |
| insidious | treacherous but not seeming so |
| mediate | work for a settlement |
| palliative | ease without curing |
| prodigious | enormous |
| redoubtable | formidable |
| sinuous | winding |
| thrall | slave |
| aqueous | made by water |
| chaste | morally pure |
| demoralize | weaken the spirit of |
| euthanasia | killing as an act of mercy |
| extenuating | that make something seem less serious |
| gregarious | enjoying the company of others |
| inclement | unkind |
| maladroit | clumsy |
| mendicant | beggars |
| panorama | comprehensive view |
| quadruple | increase fourfold |
| replete | filled |
| spectral | ghostly |
| transition | change |
| triumvirate | ruling body of three |
| chaste | severely plain |
| gala | festive |
| inclement | stormy |
| thrall | bondage |
| forte | particular skill |
| graphic | vivid |
| defile | made unclean |