| Term | Definition |
|---|
| agitation (n.) | disturbance; annoyance |
| avid (adj.) | enthusiastic; with great interest |
| enthrall (v.) | to hold spellbound; captivate |
| idealist (n.) | one who sees the best in things; a dreamer; unrealistic |
| incarnate (adj.) | personified; given a human form |
| incipient (adj.) | beginning to exist |
| laconic (adj.) | using few words; terse; concise |
| liable (adj.) | likely; at risk of experiencing something unpleasant |
| mercurial (adj.) | quick and changeable in temperament |
| sentiment (n.) | tender, romantic or nostalgic feeling |
| candid (adj.) | honest and straightforward |
| carte blanche (adj.) | with full permission; unrestricted authority |
| discord (n) | lack of agreement; tension, strife |
| dispel (v.) | to rid one's mind of |
| gist (n.) | main idea |
| philander (v.) | engage in many casual love affairs |
| raucous (adj.) | rough-sounding; harsh; boisterous |
| remiss (adj.) | not attending to duty; negligent; careless |
| solitary (adj.) | existing alone |
| trepidation (n.) | a state of alarm or dread; fear |
| befuddle (v.) | to confuse |
| contemptuous (adj.) | dishonorable; disgraceful |
| falter (v.) | to stumble; to move unsteadily |
| overstrung (adj.) | pushed to one's emotional limits; too tense |
| pinnacle (n.) | the highest point |
| propagate (v.) | to multiply; to spread out |
| sensuous (adj.) | appealing to the senses |
| stagnate (v.) | to become or remain inactive; not develop, not flow |
| strive (v.) | to struggle; to work |
| vicarious (adj.) | experiencing through another |
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