| Term | Definition |
| enviable | adj.- good enough to be desired |
| manifest | adj.- clear; obvious |
| vexed | adj./v.- annoyed |
| premise | v.- to preface with some explanation |
| at loggerheads | adj.- in disagreement |
| adroitly | adv.- clearly |
| progeny | n.- children; offspring |
| disposition | n.- one's general mood or nature |
| attache | n.- an ambassador's special assistant |
| compunction | n.- remorse; guilt |
| averse | adj./v. opposed |
| maxim | n.- rule of conduct |
| propitiate | v.- to appease or conciliate; to make up to |
| versifier | n.- a poet |
| infernally | adv.- hellishly; fiendishly |
| physiognomy | n.- facial features supposed to reveal character |
| exorbitant | adj.- beyond what is reasonable |
| garrulously | adv.- talking a lot |
| damsel | n.- a young woman |
| zeal | n.- great feeling; strong belief |
| acquiescence | n.- silent submission |
| rudimentary | adj.- basic |
| inveterate | adj.- habitual |
| coquettish | adj.- flirty |
| thronged | v.- grouped; crowded |