| Term | Definition |
|---|
| consternation | amazement or dismay that hinders or throws into confusion |
| cogitation | act of thinking or meditating |
| remonstrance | an earnest presentation of reasons for opposition or grievance |
| declamation | recitation |
| ablution | the washing of one's body or part of it |
| impregnable | incapable of being taken by assault; inpenetrable |
| imprecation | a curse |
| venerate | to regard with respect; to honor |
| expectorate | to spit; discharge something by coughing or hacking |
| excommunicate | to exclude from fellowship in a group or community, usually from a church |
| prodigiously | in a manner that seems extraordinary in number, bulk, or degree |
| disconsolately | in a cheerless, dejected manner |
| intimate | to communicate delicately or indirectly |
| adamantine | firmly rigid; unyielding |
| connubial | of or relating to the married state |
| conciliatory | pacifying, trying to retain good-will |
| farinaceous | having a mealy texture or surface; starchy |
| contumaciously | in a stubbornly disobedient manner |
| caparisoned | provided with a rich ornamental covering |
| ignominiously | in a humiliating or degrading manner |
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