| Term | Definition |
|---|
| garrulous | talking too much |
| conjectured | guessed |
| monotonous | tiresome because unvarying |
| interminable | seeming to last forever |
| ornery | having a mean disposition |
| congenial | agreeable |
| benevolent | kindly; charitable |
| stringency | strictness; severity |
| depravity | corruption; wickedness |
| consternation | great fear or shock that makes 1 feel helpless/ bewildered |
| redolent | suggestive |
| consecrate | cause to be revered or honored |
| hallow | honor as sacred |
| deprecated | expressed disapproval of; pleaded against |
| insurgents | rebels; those who revolt against established authority |
| discern | receive/ recognize; make out clearly |
| scourge | cause of serious trouble/ affliction |
| malice | ill will; spite |
| anarchy | absence of gov. |
| redress | atonement; rectification |
| oppressed | kept down by cruel/ unjust/ authority |
| smite | to kill by a powerful blow |
| malign | malicious; very harmful |
| ineffable | too overwhelming to be described in words |
| precipitate | cause to happen before expected or desired |
| aggregation | group or mass of distinct objects/ individuals |
| inscrutable | impossible to see; completely obscure/ mysterious |
| disdainfully | showing scorn/ contempt |
| conjectural | based on guess work |
| unwonted | unusual; unfamiliar |
| conflagration | big, destructive fire |
| 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 |
| pall | cloth used to cover a coffin; used here to represent a draped coffin |
| guile | craftiness |
| myriad | countless |
| imperially | majestically |
| repose | state of being at rest |
| degenerate | morally corrupt |
| forestall | prevent by acting ahead of time |
| repression | restraint |
| elusive | hard to grasp |
| tumultuously | in an agitated way |
| importunities | persistent requests/ demands |
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