| Term | Definition |
| modicum | small or token amount |
| empathetic | understanding of another's feelings |
| ornate | elaborately decorated |
| debilitate | weaken |
| entourage | group of attendants or associates |
| quiescent | quiet, at rest |
| prescience | foreknowledge |
| jocular | given to joking |
| staid | serious |
| sanctimonious | feigning piety or righteousness |
| cajole | to urge with teasing or flattery |
| flagrant | deliberately shocking |
| innocuous | harmless |
| benign | kind and gentle |
| tangential | superficially connected |
| scintillating | brilliant |
| byzantine | complicated or devious |
| alacrity | cheerful readiness |
| ascertain | to find out |
| dilatory | habitually late |
| enigma | mystery |
| ubiquitous | omnipresent |
| stymie | to thwart or stump |