| Term | Definition |
|---|
| burden | weight to be borne or conveyed |
| mercurial | liable to sudden unpredictable change |
| trepidation | a feeling of alarm or dread |
| undercurrent | something happening beneath the surface or not noticeable |
| simonize | polish with wax |
| enthralled | filled with wonder and delight |
| pompous | puffed up with vanity |
| indignantly | without respect, expressing anger at unjust treatment |
| insinuates | implies; suggests or hints at indirectly |
| chamois | a soft suede leather formerly from the sheep of the chamois antelope but now from sheepskin |
| approbation | official recognition or approval |
| incipient | beginning, in an early stage |
| anemic | lacking vigor or energy |
| incarnate | possessing or existing in bodily form |
| lacontic | concise |
| valise | a small overnight bag for short trips |
| stolid | having or revealing little emotion or sensibility |
| rollicking | care-free and high spirited |
| audacity | boldness or daring, especially with confident or arrogant disregard for personal safety |
| imbue | spread or diffuse through |
| surlily | unfriendly or hostile; menacingly irritable |
| philandering | having lots of casual sexual encounters with women |
| remiss | negligent |
| feasible | capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are |
| monotonous | Unchanging and tedious |
| bandsaw | a toothed metal band driven by two wheels |
| knickers | short, loose pants gathered below the knee |
| incredulously | in a manner experessing skepticism or disbelief |
| correspondence | the relationship between two or more objects that are matched |
| mystifies | bewilders, confuses, or puzzles |
| raucous | unpleasantly loud and harsh |
| lavishly | extravagantly; in a generous, abundant, or liberal matter |
| unnerved | deprived of courage and strength |
| invalid | someone who is incapacitated by a chronic illness or injury |
| frantically | in an uncontrolled manner |
| audible | heard or perceptible by the ear |
| spiting | hurting the feelings of |
| sensuous | taking delight in beauty |
| lisps | speech defects that involve pronouncing s like voiceless th and z like voiced th |
| ominously | menacingly; threateningly |
| tormenting | pestering; harassing |
| ruddiness | state of being with a healthy reddish complexion |
| seething | in constant agitation |
| spite | a desire to hurt someone |
| idyllic | excellent and delightful in all respects |
| elegiacally | expressing sorrow or lamentation |
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