| Term | Definition |
|---|
| abhorrent | detestable |
| abominable | very unpleasant, disagreddable, hateful |
| acquittal | discharge, release |
| acuteness | intense, sharp |
| adversary | foe, enemy |
| amenities | features that provide comfort, courtesy |
| apothecary | druggist |
| aloof | reserved, disinterested |
| appall | to fill or overcome with fear |
| apprehension | suspision, anticipation |
| aristocrat | a noble, the best or most elegant |
| array | order, arrangement |
| articulate | to pronounce with clarity, to give clarity or destinction |
| auspicious | favorable, fortunate |
| beseechingly | urgently |
| calamity | disaster, great misfortune |
| chivalrous | having the qualities of chivalry, gallant |
| conciliate | to attempt to make compatible |
| conjuration | incantation, magic charm |
| consciousness | awareness of oneself, state of being conscious, acute awareness |
| conspicuous | easily noticed |
| contagion | spread of a disease by contact, spread of an idea or emotion from person to person |
| contempt | disapproval and disgust |
| cordiality | cordial (gracious) quality of feeling |
| convict | to prove or declare guilty of an offense |
| credible | believable |
| crimson | a deep purplish-red |
| culprit | a person responsible for a fault |
| cunning | adeptness in performance, slyness |
| cynical | pessimistic, disbelief in sincerity of human motives |
| defiance | bold resistance to authority |
| disperse | to drive or send off in various directions, spread widely |
| doggedly | in a stubborn or persistant way |
| donned | put on (clothing) |
| eccentricity | a peculiarity of oddity |
| eddy | a small whirlpool |
| elaborate | marked with excessive detail |
| eludes | to avoid or escape by speed or cleverness |
| erratic | deviating from the usual or proper course |
| esteem | to regard highly, to regard with respect |
| expound | to explain |
| extremity | a limb, such as a hand or foot |
| facade | illusion of something, front of a building |
| falter | to hesitate of waiver in action purpose of intent, to speak hesitantly or brokenly |
| feeble | physically weak from sickness or age, weak intellectually or morally, lacking in force |
| fester | to cause to rankle |
| fraught | filled, full of |
| futile | ineffective, useless |
| gallant | brave, spirited |
| guilelessness | free from guile, frank |
| humble | not arrogant |
| hypocrite | someone who's two faced |
| implore | to beg |
| inconspicuous | not noticable or prominent |
| indict | to accuse or wrong doing |
| indignant | feeling characterized by or expressed strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, or insulting |
| indulge | to yield to desire |
| innate | existing in one since birth |
| insinuate | to suggest or hint slyly |
| judicious | practical, having good judgement |
| livid | enraged |
| malignant | very danerous, harmful in influence or effect |
| menacing | something that threatens to cause harm, menacing glare |
| mirage | hallucination, something illusory, without having substance or reality |
| mutilate | to dismember, to dis-figure |
| nocturnal | of or pertaining to the night |
| oblivious | unmindful, unaware |
| obscured | vague, not clear or plain |
| ominous | foreboding, foreshadowing evil |
| oppressive | burdensome, unjustly harsh, difficult |
| palpable | readily perceved, easily picked up, capable of being touched or felt |
| pantomime | the art of conveying emotions, actions, etc. by gestures |
| perils | something that causes or may cause injury, loss, or destruction |
| perjury | giving false testimony under oath, falsehood |
| perpetual | continuing, enduring forever |
| placid | tranquil, pleasantly calm or peaceful |
| populace | all inhabitants of a place |
| precariously | insecure, unstable |
| premonition | feeling of anticipation or anxiety over a future event |
| primeval | of or pertaining to the first ages |
| primitive | old-fashioned, in the early age of the world, simply, crude |
| procure | to obtain |
| profane | unholy, not devoted to religious practices |
| profound | of deep meaning, having deeper insight or understanding |
| prostrate | to reduce to physical weakness, to lay flat |
| provoke | to anger, to enrage, to bring about, aggrivate |
| prowess | exceptional bravery, abitlity, or superior skill |
| rouse | to wake up, awake |
| ruefully | causing sorrow or pity |
| simultaneous | existing, occuring, or operating at the same time |
| staccato | shortened, detached, abruptly disconnected |
| stereotype | category, type, standardized conception or image invested with special meaning |
| sullen | gloomy, dismal, showing irritation |
| tangible | capable of being touched or felt, definite |
| timid | lack of courage, shy, easily alarmed |
| torment | to affect with mental or physical pain |
| unfathomable | difficult or imppossible to understand |
| vague | not clearly stated or expressed |
| vexation | a cause of annoyance, nuisance |
| vigor | active strength or force, vitality, energy, intensity |
| vitality | power to live and grow, exuberant physical or mental strength |
| warranted | justification, authorization |
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