| Term | Definition |
|---|
| ablution | the ritual washing of a priest's hands or of sacred vessels |
| adamantine | not capable of being swayed or diverted from a course, having the hardness of a diamond |
| affinity | a natural attraction or feeling of kinship |
| apparition | an act of appearing or becoming visible unexpectedly |
| aversion | the act of turning yourself (or your gaze) away, a feeling of intense dislike |
| capricious | determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason, changeable |
| cipher | a quantity of no importance, a message written in secret code |
| coercion | the act of compelling by force of authority |
| despicable | worthy only of being despised and rejected |
| disdainful | having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy |
| disputatious | inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits |
| dregs | sediment that has settled at the bottom of a liquid |
| epistle | a long, formal letter |
| erudition | profound scholarly knowledge |
| exonerate | pronounce not guilty of criminal charges |
| farinaceous | composed of or covered with relatively large particles, resembling starch |
| genteel | marked by refinement in taste and manners |
| gild | a formal association of people with similar interests |
| gorge | overeat or eat immodestly |
| gormand | A greedy or ravenous eater; (a lover of food); someone who gorges |
| insolent | marked by casual disrespect |
| melancholy | characterized by or causing or expressing sadness |
| mortify | cause to feel shame |
| obstinate | persist stubbornly, resistant to guidance or discipline |
| obtrusive | undesirably noticeable |
| perspicuity | clearness of expression; freedom from ambiguity |
| pompous | puffed up with vanity |
| propound | put forward, as of an idea |
| purblind | lacking in insight or discernment |
| reticence | the trait of being uncommunicative |
| rumination | regurgitation of small amounts of food |
| sagacious | acutely insightful and wise |
| sluice | any artificial channel of water, having a gate or valve to regulate flow |
| sportive | given to merry frolicking |
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