| Term | Definition |
| Placidly | in a placid and good-natured manner |
| Agitated | troubled emotionally and usually deeply |
| Lucid | (of language) transparently clear |
| Vanquish | come out better in a competition, race, or conflict |
| Primal | having existed from the beginning |
| Imperative | some duty that is essential and urgent |
| Imminent | close in time |
| Denizens | occupants; creatures who live there |
| Steppe | extensive plain without trees (associated with eastern Russia and Siberia) |
| Advent | arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous) |