| Term | Definition |
| Circumspect | careful; heedful; attentive to all points |
| Zephyr | a gentle breeze (sometimes the West Wind) |
| Renegade | one who deserts one side in favor of another; traitor; outlaw |
| Retribution | something justly deserved especially a punishment |
| Hurtle | to move or to fling swiftly and with great force |
| Scourge | a person or thing that cause great trouble or misfortune |
| Caustic | biting; stingingly sharp or sarcastic |
| Taciturn | not fond of talking; usually silent |
| Agnostic | one who believes that the existence of God can neither be proved nor disproved |
| Terse | brief and to the point |
| Uncanny | weird; weird strange; so keen or acute as to seem bizarre |
| Exodus | mass departure or emigration |
| Penitent | remorseful; sorry for having done wrong |
| Vindicate | to clear of suspicion or accusations |
| Raillery | good humored ridicule or teasing |