| Term | Definition |
| abject | adj.-utterly hopeless, miserable, humiliating, or wretched |
| felicitous | adj.-well-suited for the occasion, as an action, manner, or expression; apt; appropriate |
| fortuitous | adj.-happening or produced by chance; accidental |
| impertinent | adj. intrusive or presumptuous, as persons or their actions; insolently rude; uncivil, not pertinent or relevant; irrelevant |
| remonstrance | n. a protest |
| reproach | v. to find fault with (a person, group, etc.); blame; censure. |
| subterfuge | n.deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade |
| supercilious | adj. coolly and patronizingly haughty |
| tremulous | adj. exceedingly sensitive : easily shaken or disordered |