| Term | Definition |
| angular | lean; sharp cornered; gaunt |
| approbation | official approval, praise, commendation |
| audacity | excessive boldness, rashness, daring |
| aura | a distinctive quality about a person, thing, or place |
| authoritative | coming from the proper authority; dictatorial; conclusive |
| befuddled | confused |
| candid | blunt, sincere honesty |
| contempt | scorn, extreme dislike or disdain |
| credulous | believing on slight evidence, gullible |
| dormer | a gabled extension of an attic room; window in such an extension |
| elegiac | mournful, expressing sorrow |
| enthralling | captivating, spellbinding |
| exhaust | to use up; to drain |
| gratis | free |
| implacable | incapable of being appeased |
| incipient | beginning to come into being, the early stage of something |
| indignation | anger as a result of something unjust |
| laconic | using a minimum of words; concise to the point of seeming rude |
| loathe | to detest |