| Term | Definition |
|---|
| dawdle | to waste time |
| brigands | a robber or bandit |
| reticent | silent or reserved in manner |
| polyglot | having a command of or composed in many languages |
| alacrity | liveliness and eagerness |
| salient | prominent, protruding, conspicuous, highly relevant |
| impalpable | imperceptible to the senses or the mind |
| interminable | tiresomely long |
| prodigious | of momentous or ominous significance |
| aquiline | curved down like an eagle's beak |
| protuberant | curving outward |
| patronymic | name derived from a paternal ancestor |
| saturnine | bitter or scornful |
| acumen | keenness of judgment, mental sharpness |
| obstinacy | resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires |
| languorous | lacking spirit or liveliness |
| lurid | ghastly pale |
| ribald | vulgar in speech |
| brooked | put up with |
| fain | in a willing manner |
| obeisance | a gesture of respect or reverence |
| cudgelling | to strike with a club |
| profanation | degradation of something worthy of respect |
| repletion | eating until excessively full |
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