| Term | Definition |
| Lugubrious | overly mournful |
| Drollery | whimsical humor |
| Morose | having a gloomy disposition |
| Alacrity | Punctualiry, promptness |
| Rapacious | aggressively greedy or grasping |
| Moribund | dying or decaying |
| Pestilence | plague, infectious and deadly disease |
| Demoralization | Loss of purpose |
| Trenchant | vigorous or incisive in style |
| Stealthy | sneaky or undercover |
| Deplorable | deserving condemnation |
| Indefatigable | tireless |
| Scathing | bitterly severe in criticism |
| Taunt | mock |
| Epoch | a time period or fixed point |
| Serviette | a table napkin |
| Ostentation | conspicuous display |
| Beguiled | enticed and deceived |
| Supercilious | haughty or proud |
| Prevaricator | liar |