| Term | Definition |
|---|
| queue | a file or line of people |
| vitiated | to impair the quality of; weaken |
| bourgeois | member of the middle class |
| innocuous | harmless; not interesting |
| vituperation | verbal abuse;condemnation |
| jocund | cheerful;glad |
| mirth | amusement or laughter |
| entreated | to ask for earnestly |
| gaiters | ankle-high shoe w/ elastic sides |
| apostate | a person who forsakes his religion |
| bishopric | to see; the office of a bishop |
| libel | to misrepresent damagingly |
| inquisition | harsh or difficult questioning; investigation |
| episcopal | governing order of bishops |
| reconnoitred | to inspect the enemy's position |
| writhe | to twist the body about;to shrink mentally;pain;distort |
| via dolorosa | walk of sorrow |
| cheroot | a cigar having open ends |
| cataract | a descent of water over a steep surface |
| expedient | proper under the circumstances |
| mirage | an optical phenomenon without substance or reality |
| garrulous | excessively talking in a roundabout manner; wordy |
| incurious | not curious; lacking care or attention |
| lethe | a river in hell whose water caused forgetfulness of the past |
| monomaniac | obsessive zeal in a single thing |
| astringent | stern or severe |
| tyrannous | unjustly cruel, harsh, or severe |
| penumbra | a shadowy, marginal, or indefinite area |
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