| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Caress | tender or loving touch; light stroking; embrace; kiss |
| Consume | use up; eat or drink up; destroy; do away with |
| Expose | uncover; bare to the cold, air, rain, etc; deprive of shelter |
| Flounder | struggle awkwardly to move or to obtain footing; proceed clumsily; wallow |
| Gait | manner of walking, running, or moving on foot |
| Instinct | inborn inclination; natural impulse; natural talent, gift, knack, aptitude |
| Intimacy | state of being intimate; familiarity; close association |
| Menacing | threatening; appearing likely to cause harm; endangering |
| Singe | burn superficially or slightly; scorch |
| Thaw | rid of chilling, numbness, stiffness, or other effects of extreme cold |
| Admonish | warn of a fault; reprove gently but seriously |
| Approbation | commendation; praise; official approval |
| Arbitrary | not restrained or limited in exercising power; ruling by absolute authority; dictatorial; despotic |
| Censure | criticize harshly; find fault with; blame |
| Flimsy | lacking strength or solidity; weak; inadequate |
| Ingenious | clever; original; inventive; resourceful; conceived or done in an original or clever manner |
| Libel | injure a person's reputation by a false statement, printed or written; give an unflattering or damaging picture of; defame |
| Resent | feel or show annoyance or indignation at (a person or act) |
| Tedious | tiresome because of length or dullness; wearisome; boring |
| Vain | excessively proud of one's looks or abilities; conceited |
| Affliction | anything causing continued mental or physical suffering; distress; woe; calamity |
| Asylum | inviolable place of refuge; shelter; protection; sanctuary |
| Countenance | expression on a person's face that shows feelings or character; face; visage; appearance or expression seeming to approve; encouragement; support; sanction |
| Despise | look down on with contempt; scorn; disdain; loathe |
| Hideous | horribly ugly; repulsive; frightful |
| Hospitable | showing hospitality (friendliness and kindness to guests and strangers); open; receptive |
| Humane | showing sympathy and consideration for other human beings or for animals; humanitarian; benevolent |
| Liberate | set at liberty; release from bondage or imprisonment; free; release |
| Sundry | various and diverse; miscellaneous; several |
| Tranquil | free from agitation or disturbance; calm; peaceful; serene |
| Adoration | act of adoring; devoted love; worship |
| Anticipation | act of looking forward (to); picturing beforehand a future event; expectation |
| Bliss | perfect happiness; joy; ecstasy |
| Climax | highest or most intense point in the development of something; culmination |
| Glisten | shine with subdued light, as from a wet surface; sparkle; glitter |
| Listless | showing no interest or inclination in exerting oneself; languid; spiritless |
| Obliterate | destroy all trace of; make undecipherable; blot out; erase |
| Panorama | picture unrolled before a spectator, giving the impression of a continuous view; full and unobstructed view of an extensive area; range |
| Source | place or person from which something comes, arises, or is obtained; origin; beginning; cause; beginning, or point of origin, of a stream or river |
| Trite | used or occurring so often as to have lost freshness and force; lacking originality; stale |
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