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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Inordinate | Unusually or disproportionately large; excessive |
| Malignity | malevolence: wishing evil to others |
| foetal | fetal: of or relating to a fetus: in the beginning stages |
| effaced | Erase (a mark) from a surface; wipe out Make oneself appear insignificant or inconspicuous |
| vicissitudes | A change of circumstances or fortune, typically one that is unwelcome or unpleasant; Alternation between opposite or contrasting things |
| ubiquitous | Present, appearing, or found everywhere |
| ubiquity | the state of being (or appearing to be) everywhere at once |
| monomaniac | a person suffering from monomania (excessive obsession) |
| incarnation | A person who embodies in the flesh a deity, spirit, or abstract quality; embodiment of God |
| trope | A figurative or metaphorical use of a word or expression |
| dissemble | Conceal one's true motives, feelings, or beliefs; disguise |
| corporeally | Of or relating to a person's body, esp. as opposed to their spirit |
| immitigable | severe or extreme; incapable of appeasement. |
| benignity | Kindness or tolerance toward others; not harmful |
| ermine | A stoat, esp. when in its white winter coat; these furs may be used in making ceremonial robes |
| circumambient | ascribing to all aspects of; encompassing; surrounding |
| palpable | Able to be touched or felt (or so intense as to be almost felt or touched) |
| trepidation | A feeling of fear or agitation about something that may happen; fear or anxiety |
| legerdemain | Skillful use of one's hands when performing trick; deception or trickery |
| craven | cowardly |
| hypo | below, beneath, under, less than normal |
| phrensies | state of violent mental agitation |
| palsied | Affect with paralysis and involuntary tremors |
| cordon | A line or circle of police, soldiers, or guards preventing access to or from an area or building (also used as a verb) |
| transom | The flat surface forming the stern of a vessel |
| latent | Existing but not yet developed or manifest; hidden; concealed until circumstances allow for revelation |
| somnambulistic | leepwalking: walking by a person who is asleep |
| miasmas | A highly unpleasant or unhealthy smell or vapor; unpleasant atmosphere (thought to cause infection) |
| cognisable | knowable: capable of being known |
| tarpaulins | Heavy-duty waterproof cloth, originally of tarred canvas; or a sailor's tarred or oilskinned hat |
| irascible | Easily made angry |
| facetiousness | playful humor |
| peremptorily | imperatively: in an imperative and commanding manner (decisive and leaving no room for disapproval) |
| capricious | Given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behavior (chance or whim rather than rational thought of change) |
| evanescent | Soon passing out of sight, memory, or existence; quickly fading or disappearing; short lived |
| perquisites | A thing regarded as a special right or privilege enjoyed as a result of one's position (passed down by the ranks) |
| quiescent | In a state or period of inactivity or dormancy; still or calm |
| impunity | Exemption from punishment or freedom from the injurious consequences of an action |
| exordium | The beginning or introductory part, esp. of a discourse or treatise. |
| enigmatical | Difficult to interpret or understand; mysterious |
| adroitly | with adroitness; in an adroit manner; clever or skillful at using the minds or hands |
| tyro | A beginner or novice |
| bivouacks | A temporary camp without tents or cove |
| wight | A person of a specified kind, esp. one regarded as unfortunate; a spirit, ghost, or unnatural being (also an island in England) |
| vicissitudes | A change of circumstances or fortune, typically one that is unwelcome or unpleasant (alternate between two contrasting things) |
| mundane | Lacking interest or excitement; dull; earthly and not spiritual |
| perfidious | Deceitful and untrustworthy |
| tyro | A beginner or novice |
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