| Term | Definition |
|---|
| BONDAGE | slavery or involuntary servitude; serfdom |
| OMINOUSLY | in an ominous manner, Foreboding, Foreshadowing evil |
| DISREPUTABLE | lacking respectability in character or behavior or appearance |
| BELLIGERENT | engaged in war, aggressive; ready to fight, HOSTILE, WARRING NATION OR PEOPLE |
| EFFUSIVE | 1. Unrestrained or excessive in emotional expression; gushy: an effusive manner. 2. Profuse; overflowing: effusive praise. |
| MOROSE | (adj.) having gloomy or sullen manner; not friendly or sociable, MOODY, BAD TEMPERED |
| TENACITY | firmness, persistency, adhesiveness, tending to hang on, RENTENTIVE, STUBBORNESS |
| POTENTIAL | an ability that may or may not be developed, POSSIBILITY, CAPABILITY |
| COVENANT | a signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action, FORMAL AGREENENT,MUTUAL AGREEMENT, A PLEDGE |
| SOLITARY | done without the company of other people, ALONE, SINGLE, A HERMIT HAS A SOLITARY DISPOSITION |
| PROGENY | the immediate descendants of a person, CHILDREN, OFFSPRING |
| VORACIOUS | ravenous; eating large quantities of food; exceedingly eager; insatiable; Ex. voracious animal/reader |
| VENDETTA | any bitter quarrel or feud, PROLONGED FEUD, BLOOD FEUD |
| PETULANTLY | irritable, fretful, or peevish, GIVEN TO SMALL FITS OF TEMPER |
| INSOLENT | insulting in manner or speech; rude |
| INCORRIGIBLE | impervious to correction by punishment, NO CHANCE TO MAKE THE CHARACTER BETTER |
| PERPETUALLY | endlessly, always, constantly, perennially, UNINTERUPTTED |
| CIRCUITOUS | marked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or conduct, ROUNDABOUT INDIRECT |
| QUARRY | (v) to cut or take from (n) a place from which stone is taken; something that is hunted or pursued; Syn: (n) prey, game, Excavation, victim, pit, mine; Ant: (n) hunter, predator, pursuer; stress-1 |
| PROFFERED | To present for acceptance, offer up |
| TRANSFORMATION | the act of changing in form or shape or appearance |
| DECEPTIVELY | (adv) making something appear true or good when it is false or bad; misleadingly |
| RECOLLECT | recall knowledge from memory |
| SOMBER | lacking brightness or color, GLOOMY, EX. He was in a somber mood after the funeral. or The service was very somber. |
| PERPLEXED | bewildered, confused, puzzled EX. HE LOOKED VERY PERPLEXED WHEN WE TOLD HIM THE EVENT WAS CANCELED. |
| COWER | To crouch down tremblingly, as through fear or shame, SHRINK IN FEAR. |
| REALM | range; scope, KINGDOM, PROVINCE, DOMAIN - MOVING DOWN SOUTH WAS NOT WITHIN THE REALM OF POSSIBILITY |
| STEALTHY | acting in a secret and sneaky way, SLY, UNERHANDED |
| ANTECEDENT | preceding in time or order, COMING BEFORE, One who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank, order, or causality. |
| COY | modestly or warily rejecting approaches or overtures, affectedly modest or shy especially in a playful or provocative way |
| CHIDED | to scold, to be stern with, to express disapproval of; scold; reproach |
| REPROACH | disgrace or shame, a mild rebuke or criticism - HE BROUGHT REPROACH UPON HIS FAMILY |
| PARSIMONY | stinginess; excessive frugality; ADJ. parsimonious, RELUCTANT TO SPEND, miserliness |
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