| Term | Definition |
| audacious | daring; bold |
| torrent | a great or rapid flow |
| moor | an extensive wasteland, sometimes marshy |
| residue | the remainder after a part has been removed |
| besmirched | soiled or stained |
| convey | to impart or communicate |
| incessant | continuous, without let up |
| clandestine | secretive |
| entailed | to restrict the inheritance of property to a certain succession of heirs |
| deficient | lacking |
| wanton | reckless; heartless; not moral |
| zeal | great enthusiasm or interest |
| diabolical | wicked |
| precipice | a face of a cliff that is straight up and down |
| benevolent | kindly |
| reconciled | harmonized; to make or show to be consistent |
| propitious | favorably disposed |
| dupe | fool |
| gnarled | twisted |
| monolith | a large, single block of stone |
| carouse | a noisy, jolly party |