| Term | Definition |
|---|
| etiquette | appropriate behavior and ceremonies. |
| deference | respect; courtesy; regard |
| precipitate | cause to happen before expected or desired |
| aggregation | group or mass of distinct objects or individuals |
| inscrutable | impossible to see; completely obscure or mysterious |
| disdainfully | showing scorn or contempt |
| glade | open space in a wood or forest |
| conjectural | based on guesswork |
| unwonted | unusual; unfamiliar |
| conflagration | big, destructive |
| peremptorily | decisively; commandingly |
| expatriated | deported; driven from one's native land |
| anathema | curse |
| bellicose | quarrelsome |
| recumbent | resting |
| equanimity | composure |
| vociferation | loud or vehement shouting |
| vituperative | spoken abusively |
| querulous | inclined to find fault |
| consecrate | cause to be revered or honored |
| hallow | honor as sacred |
| deprecated | insurgents |
| discern | receive or recognize; make out clearly |
| scourge | cause of serious trouble or affliction |
| malice | ill will; spite |
| congenial | agreeable |
| benevolent | kindly; charitable |
| stringency | strictness; severity |
| depravity | corruption; wickedness |
| consternation | great fear or shock that makes one feel helpless or bewildered |
| redolent | suggestive |
| transient | not permanent |
| garrulous | talking too much |
| conjectured | guessed |
| monotonous | tiresome because unvarying |
| interminable | seeming to last forever |
| ornery | having a mean disposition |
| forestall | prevent by acting ahead of time |
| repression | restraint |
| elusive | hard to grasp |
| tumultuously | in an agitated way |
| importunities | persistent requests or demands |
| imperially | majestically |
| repose | state of being at rest |
| degenerate | morally corrupt |
| epitaph | inscription on a tombstone or grave marker |
| salient | standing out from the rest |
| tempest | violent storm |
| stark | as a corpse |
| guile | craftiness |
| myriad | countless |
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