| Term | Definition |
| Impudence | marked by cocky boldness |
| Vexed | difficult and much debated |
| Pestiferous | harboring infection and disease |
| Indignation | righteous anger |
| Sagacious | wise, discerning |
| Edifying | morally instructive |
| Cipher | one without weight worth or influence, a zero |
| Malevolently | intending harm or of evil |
| Languidly | slowly, lacking energy |
| Recondite | hidden from sight |
| Inexorable | not to be persuaded, relentless |
| Apathy | lack of feeling or emotion |
| Tumult | milling crowd, disordered agitation |
| Sombre | very serious, grave and depressing |
| Desolation | anguished misery or loneliness |
| Impalpable | to be incapable of being felt through touch. |
| Prodigious | ominous |
| Prudently | cautiously |
| Motley | composed of diverse colors, the traditional garb of a fool |
| Harlequin | a humorous character in pantomime |