| Term | Definition |
| Assuage | To relieve, ease |
| Impotent | Powerless |
| Taciturn | Uncommunicative, habitually silent |
| imprudent | lacking in judgment or caution |
| vapid | unexciting, dull, lifeless |
| predilection | preference |
| nebulous | vague, cloudy, indistinct |
| indigenous | native, occuring naturally in a region or country |
| illicitly | improperly, unlawfully |
| vexation | cause of annoyance, distress, irritation |
| mortification | humiliation |
| iniquity | wickedness, unjust or unrighteous act |
| condescension | the act of voluntarily descending to the level of the person your dealing with |
| fractious | contentious, argumentative |
| auspicious | favorable, boding well for the future |
| abominable | nasty, loathsome, vile |
| arbitrated | judge a dispute |
| evasion | avoidance |
| aloof | distant but in view |
| benevolence | kindly |