| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Incandescent | (adj) emitting light as a consequence of being heated to a high temperature |
| Potency | (n) power, authority |
| Frigate | (n) medium sized warship, smaller than a destroyer ship |
| Incongruous | (adj) out of keeping or place; inappropriate; unbecoming; inconsistent |
| Espouse | (v) to adopt or support (as a cause); to marry |
| Irremediable | (adj) not admitting of remedy, cure, or repair |
| Cardinal | (adj) fundamentally important |
| Palatable | (adj) acceptable or agreeable to the mind or feelings |
| Histrionics | (n) behavior or speech for effect, as insincere or exaggerated expression of an emotion |
| Tenets | (n) principles or beliefs, especially of religion or philosophy |
| Eschew | (v) to avoid habitually especially on moral or practical grounds; to shun |
| Construe | (v) to interpret, read & understand |
| Restive | (adj) uneasy and on the verge of resisting control |
| Sinister | (adj) threatening or portending evil, harm, or troubles ominous |
| Bereft | (adj) deprived of or lacking something, especially a nonmaterial asset |
| Fester | (v) to become septic; suppurate, become rotten or offensive to the senses; become worse or more intense |
| Gossamer | (n) a film of cobwebs flouting in air in calm, clear weather; something light delicate, or insubstantial |
| Beleaguer | (v) to harass OR to attack, to bother |
| Ductile | (adj) capable of being hammered out thin, as certain metals; malleable |
| Laity | (n) the body of religious worshipers, as distinguished from the clergy; the people outside of a particular profession, as distinguished by the people in it |
| Tarry | (v) to stay longer than intended; to delay leaving a place |
| Smite | (v) to strike with a firm blow |
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