| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Caress | tender or loving touch; light stroking; embrace; kiss |
| Consume | use up; eat or drink devour; destroy; do away with |
| Expose | uncover; bare to the cold, air rain, etc; deprived of shelter; leave unprotected |
| Flounder | struggle awkwardly to move or to obtain footing; proceed clumsily; wallow |
| Gait | manner of walking, running, or moving on foot; pace |
| Instinct | Inborn Inclination; natural impulses; natural talent; gift; knack; aptitude |
| Menacing | threatening; appearing likely to harm; endangering |
| Singe | burn slightly or superficially; scorch |
| Thaw | rid of chilling, numbness, stiffness or other effects of extreme cold; to melt |
| 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 |
| Censure | criticize harshly; find fault with; blame |
| Flimsy | lacking strength or solidity; weak; inadequate |
| Ingenious | clever; original; inventive; resourceful |
| Libel | injure a person's reputation by false statement, printed or written |
| Resent | feel or show annoyance or indignation at |
| Tedious | tiresome because of length or dullnes; wearisome; boring |
| Vain | excessively proud of one's looks or abilities; conceited |
| Affliction | anything causing continued mental or physical suffering; distress; woe |
| Asylum | inviolable place of refuge; shelter; protection; sanctuary |
| Countenance | expression on a person's face that shows feelings or character |
| Despise | look down on with contempt; scorn; disdain; loathe |
| Hideous | horribly ugly; repulsive; frightful |
| Hospitable | showing hospitality; open; receptive |
| Humane | showing sympathy and consideration for other human beings or for animals |
| Liberate | set at liberty; release from bondage or imprisonment; free; release |
| Sundry | various and diverse; miscellaneous; several |
| Tranquil | free from agitation or disturbance; cal; peaceful; serene |
| Adoration | act of adoring; devoted love ; worship |
| Anticipation | act of anticipating; 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 use of; make undecipherable; blot out; erase |
| Panorama | picture unrolled before a spectator, givign the impression of an extensive area |
| Source | place or person from which something comes, arises, or is obtained; origin |
| Trite | used or occuring so often as to have lost freshness and force; stale |
| Adjoining | touching or bounding at a point or line; bordering; contiguous; adjacent |
| Corpulent | having a large bulky body; stout; obese; portly |
| Covet | enviously desire something belonging to another person; envy; eagerly wish for |
| Crafty | skillful at deceiving others; cunning; sly |
| Devise | form in the mind; invent; concoct; formulate |
| Harvest | to gather in, as a crop; reap |
| Jovial | full of good humor; jolly; merry |
| Malicious | feeling or showing malice; spiteful; malevolent |
| Obstinately | in an obstinate manner, stubbornly; unyieldingly; doggedly |
| Retain | keep possession of; hold; keep |
| Affected | not natural or genuine; falsely assumed; pretended |
| Allay | make less sever; calm; relieve; alleviate |
| Craving | great desire or longing; yearning |
| Extreme | very great or greatest; utmost; excessive |
| Gnawing | persistent pain; pang |
| Nutritious | of value as food; providing nourishment; nourishing |
| Recede | move back or away; withdraw; become more distant |
| Shrivel | shrink and become or make wrinkled; wither |
| Sullenly | in a sullen manner; resentfully; gloomily |
| Sustain | give support or relief to; supply with sustenance; nourish; support |
| Abominable | deserving or causing loathing or hatred; detestable; very unpleasant |
| Contagious | communicable by contact; catching |
| Defer | give in to the opinion or wish of another, yield; put off to a future time; delay |
| Exultation | act of being extremely joyful; triumphant joy; jubilation; rejoicing |
| Furtive | done in a stealthy way, as if to hinder discovery; sly; secret; sneaky |
| Ooze | flow slowly through, as if through small openings; leak out; give out; exude |
| Petulantly | in an ill-humored manner; irritably; peevishly |
| Sociable | inclined to seek the company of others; enjoying companionship; friendly; gregarious |
| Subsequent | following or coming later or after; succeeding |
| Supercilious | haughtily disdainful; expressing contempt; haughty; contemptuous |
| Clamor | vigorous and insistent protest or demand; noisy shouting; uproar |
| Dispirited | disheartened; marked by gloom of spirit; depressed; discouraged |
| Frenzy | temporary madness; wild, frantic outburst; mania |
| Grim | cruel; savage; fierce; hard and unyielding; admitting of no compromise |
| Hostile | of or relating to an enemy; antagonistic; showing ill will; inhospitable |
| Molest | annoy; disturb; persecute with hostile intent |
| Panic | sudden unreasoning terror causing headlong flight; fear; terror; fright |
| Restriction | something, as a rule or law that restrains or limits; confinement within limits or bounds; limitation |
| Retaliate | returns like for like to get revenge; paying back injury for injury |
| Solemnly | in a serious manner; seriously; earnestly; gravely |
| Intimacy | state of being intimate; familiarity; close association |
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