| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Agape | adj. with the mouth wide open, as in wonder, surprise, or eagerness. |
| Coquettishly | adv. Flirtingly. |
| Coy | adj. Slyly hesitant. |
| Deference | n. Respectful submission or yielding to the judgement, opinion, will, etc. of another. |
| Derisive | adj. contemptuous; mocking. |
| Insidiously | Adv. Inteded to trap or trick. |
| Languor | n. Lack of energy or vitality. |
| Lief | adj. Willing; desirous. |
| Magistrate | n. Civil officer charged with the administration of the law. |
| Pagoda | n. coins bearing a sacred temple or a sacred temple. |
| Paltry | adj. ridiculously or insultingly small. |
| Paltry (b) | adj. Mean or contemptable. |
| Parsimony | n. Extreme or excessive economy or frugality; using money wisely. |
| Prodigally | adv. Wastefully extravegant. |
| Purged | v. To rid of whatever is impure or undesireable. |
| Satiation | n. A supply of excess. |
| Serf | n. A person in condition of servitude. |
| Spawn | n. A swarming brood; numerous prgeny or any person or thing regarded as offspring. |
| Sundered | adj. State or being separate or divided. |
| Vitals | n. Body organs essential to life. |
| Wretch | n. A deplorably unfortuneate or unhappy person. |
| Acrid | Adj. sharp or biting to the taste or smell. |
| Adept | Adj. Very skilled; proficient; expert. N. a skilled person, an expert. |
| Berate | V. to scold or rebuke. |
| Consternation | N. A sudden. alarming amazement or dread that results in utter confusion; dismay. |
| Consummated | V. To bring to a state of perfection; fulfill. |
| Deprecation | N. An expression or a disapproval of; a deploration. |
| Diffidently | Adv. Lacking confidence in one's own ability, worth, or fitness; timid; shy. |
| Exultation | N. Lively or triumphant joy, as over success or victory. |
| Filial | Adj. Of or pertaining to, or befitting a son or daughter. |
| Fruition | N. Attainment of anything desired; realization; accomplishment. |
| Gaunt | Adj. Extremely thin and bony; haggard and drawn, as from great hunger, weariness, or torture; emaciated. |
| Gentry | Adj. Well-born and and well-bred. |
| Impassive | Adj. Without emotion; apathetic; unmoved. |
| Impudence | N. Lack of modesty; shamelessness. |
| Malignant | Disposed to cause harm, suffering, or distress deliberately; feeling or showing ill will or hatred. |
| Mutinous | Adj. Disposed to, engaged in, or involving revolt against authority. |
| Omen | N. Anything perceived or happening that is believed to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; portent. |
| Opulent | Adj. Characterized by exhibition wealth; rich, or affluent. |
| Piously | Adv. religious devotion. |
| Placid | Adj. Pleasantly calm or peaceful; unruffled; tranquil; serenely quiet or undisturbed. |
| Ponderous | Adj. Of great weight; heavy; massive. |
| Repose | N. Peace; tranquility |
| Respite | N. an interval of relief, esp. of anything distressing or trying. |
| Seethed | V. To surge if foam as if boiling, to be in a state of agitation excitement. |
| Wisp | N. A handful or small bundle of straw, hay, or the like; a thin tuft or lock. |
| Zenith | N. A highest point or state; culmination. |
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