| Term | Definition |
| lament | to mourn or to express sorrow in a demonstrative manner |
| lucid | easily understood, mentally sound |
| malign | to utter injuriously misleading reports about |
| mundane | ordinary, commonplace |
| muse | to ponder |
| obsequious | overly attentive, like a sycophant, servile |
| pernicious | very destructive or harmful, deadly |
| piety | divotion and reverence to a god |
| ponderous | very heavy, unwieldy from weight |
| potent | powerful, having a strong effect |
| promontory | land or rock projecting into a body of water |
| propitious | favorably disposed, graciously inclined |
| propriety | correct conduct |
| prudent | wise and careful about practical matters |