| Term | Definition |
| gelid | [adj] cold, icy |
| fastidious | [adj] ultra-neat, tidy, careful, perfect, exacting |
| epiphany | [n] spontaneous thought/idea that reveals something significant, a revelation |
| extemporize | [v] to speak without preparation, to ad lib |
| macabre | [adj] ghastly, shocking, gruesome, suggesting death or decay |
| placidly | [adv] calmly, quietly, peacefully |
| guileless | [adj] without deceit or trickery |
| inviolable | [adj] not able to be disturbed or intruded upon, pristing |
| ostensibly | [adv] apparently |
| surreptitiously | [adv] in a sly way, so that the action will be noticed as little as possible |
| preen | [v] to smooth or clean; to admire or fuss over one's self |
| covet | [v] to envy, to be jealous of; to desire for one's own |