| Term | Definition |
|---|
| impertinent | irrelevant |
| intimation | to indicate or make known indirectly |
| odiousness | highly offensive; detestable |
| deference | respectful or courteous regard |
| cudgel | short; thick stick used as a weapon |
| evinced | make evident; prove |
| privation | lack of the usual comforts of necessaries of life |
| reposed | peace; tranquility |
| ineffable | incapable of being expressed in words |
| obdurate | unmoved by feelings; stubborn |
| sundered | to break apart |
| imbibe | to absorb or soak up |
| execrate | detest, to curse |
| impudence | shameless conduct |
| debasing | to reduce the quality of |
| consummate | complete or perfect |
| profligate | utterly and shamelessly immoral |
| dissipation | diversion, scatter |
| impassable | unable to be surmounted |
| piety | reverence for God |
| exhorter | to urge, advise or caution |
| sagacity | acuteness of mental discernment |
| pernicious | causing harm or ruin |
| depravity | corrupt, wicked, perverted |
| chattel | movable article of personal property |
| divest | to strip of , deprive, taken away |
| prudence | caution with regard to practical matters; discretion. |
| unabated | with undiminished force, power, or vigor |
| stultified | to appear ridiculous |
| felicitous | well-suited for the occasion |
| perspicacity | keenness of mental perception |
| canard | false story, report, or rumor |
| forte | that in which one excels |
| apostrophe | an address to someone who is not present |
| quail(ed) | to lose heart or courage in difficulty or danger |
| staid | settled character, permanent |
| imprudent | lacking discretion; incautious; rash |
| imbue | to impregnate or inspire, as with feelings, opinions |
| impropriety | incorrectness |
| redress | setting right of what is wrong |
| exculpate | to clear from a charge of guilt or fault; free from blame |
| commensurate | having a common measure |
| ardor | great warmth of feeling |
| palpably | readily or plainly seen, heard, perceived |
| habiliment | clothes or clothing |
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