| Term | Definition |
|---|
| assuaged | eased; made less; reduced |
| piety | holiness; devotion to religion |
| impotent | weak; helpless |
| taciturn | silent; not talkative |
| unsullied | not dirtied; clean |
| malevolent | very evil or mean |
| eccentric | odd, crazy, very strange |
| foray | a sudden attack or raid |
| entailment | financial obligation |
| iniquities | of being fair; unjustness |
| persevere | to continue in spite of difficulties or opposition |
| contemptuous | scornful; filled with contempt; hateful |
| contentious | bad-tempered; quarrelsome |
| condescension | patronizingly superior behavior or attitude |
| diminutive | very small |
| fractious | irritable; cross; hard to manage |
| amiable | good-natured; pleasant; friendly |
| benign | good; not harmful |
| pestilence | poisonous or deadly disease, especially an epidemic |
| benevolence | kindness; charitableness |
| placidly | calmly; quietly |
| prowess | bravery; superior ability or skill |
| malignant | threatening to cause evil or harm |
| vigil | a watch kept over something |
| libel | 1) a picture or sign that makes fun of a person 2) something false written about someone |
| indicative | giving an indication, suggestion of something |
| guilelessness | frankness; candidness |
| obstreperous | noisy, unruly in opposing something |
| peril | danger; harm |
| vehemently | violently; very forcefully |
| passé | old-fashioned; out-of-date |
| melancholy | sad; gloomy; depressed |
| philippic | a bitter, verbal attack |
| Prohibition | period in U.S. history (1920-1933) that disallowed the sale of alcohol |
| integrity | honesty; uprightness; perfect condition |
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