| Term | Definition |
|---|
| staid | of settled or sedate character, not flighty or capricious |
| imprudent | lacking direction, incautious, rash |
| commensurate | cooresponding in amout, magnitude, or degree; having a common measure |
| impertinent | not pertinent or relevant, insolently rude |
| deference | respect or courteous regard |
| reposed | to put confidence, trust, etc in a person or thing |
| impudence | offensively bad behavior |
| consummate | skilled, being of the highest or most extreme degree |
| impassible | not allowing over, through along; unable to be surmounted |
| piety | reverence for God |
| depravity | moral corruption or degradation |
| felicitous | well suited for the occasion |
| apostrophe | an address to a source not present, or to a person, object or idea |
| impropriety | inappropriateness; unsuitableness |
| palpably | readily or plainly seen, heard, percieved, etc |
| odiousness | the quality of being offensive |
| evinced | to reveal the posession of a quality, trait, etc |
| obdurate | unmoved by persuasion, pity, or tender feelings; unyielding |
| imbibe | to take or recieve into the mind |
| dissipation | mental distraction |
| pernicious | causing harm or ruin |
| prudence | caution with regard to practical manner |
| canard | false, derogatory story |
| quailed | to shrink back in fear, cower |
| imbue | to impregnate or inspire, as with feelings, opinions, etc |
| exculpate | to clear from a charge, guilt, or fault; free from blame; vindicated |
| habiliment | clothes or furnishings, etc as worn in a particular profession, way of life, etc |
| cudgel | a short, thick stick used as a weapon, club |
| ineffable | incapable of being expressed or described in words, inexpressable |
| immutable | unchangeable |
| debasing | lowering in rank, dignity, or significance |
| exhorter | to urge, advise |
| sagacity | acuteness of moral discernment |
| perspicacity | keen perception or discernment |
| chattel | moveable property; slave |
| forte | a strong point, as of a person; that which excels |
| intimation | an indirect suggestion or vague understanding |
| stultify | to render absurdly by degrading means |
| unabated | undiminished power |
| divest | strip, rid, or free from |
| profligate | utterly and shamelessly immoral |
| redress | compensation for a wrong or injury |
| execrate | to detest utterly, to abhor, abominate |
| ardor | great warmth of feeling; fervor; passion |
| sundered | broken or wrenched apart |
| privation | the lack of the usual comforts or necessities of life |
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