| Bustle | To hurry |
| Donate | to make a donation, a contribution |
| Financial | relating to money |
| Illustrious | highly distinguished, famous, glorious |
| Impair | to become worse |
| Legible | capable of being read |
| Memorable | worth remembering, easily remembered |
| Optimist | someone always thinking on the bright side |
| Preliminary | leading up to the main part |
| Prim | formally precise, proper |
| Refrain | to restrain from doing something |
| Scour | to get rid of what is not wanted, to clear or dig out |
| Statue | a carved 3-D work of art |
| Stupor | condition of being stunned |
| Succinct | expressed in a few words |
| Acclaim | greet with loud applause |
| belligerent | quarrelsome, engaged in a war |
| blizzard | heavy snowstorm |
| aquatic | water |
| bondage | slavery |
| extensive | widespread, far-reaching |
| flippant | jokingly disrespectful, saucy and disrespectful |
| halter | rope for leading an animal, woman's upper garment |
| indisposed | unwilling, slightly ill |
| maze | complicated network of passages |
| murky | dark, gloomy |
| obscene | indecent, shocking, immoral |
| recurrence | repetition |
| timorous | easily frightened |
| twinge | sudden pain, anxious feeling |
| unscathed | unharmed |
| castigate | scold severely |
| complicated | not easy, not simple, hard |
| create | bring into being |
| dire | dreadful |
| doggerel | loosely styled verse |
| effective | in force |
| exceptional | unusually good, OK |
| expletive | swearwords, words without meaning in the sentence |
| fluctuate | go up and down |
| gnome | fairy tale-dwarf |
| inured | accustomed |
| parable | short story teaching a lesson |
| plausible | apparently true |
| semblance | outward appearance |
| zealous | very enthusiastic |
| allude | refer |
| authentic | real, genuine |
| baton | stick used to conduct the orchestra |
| clarity | clearness |
| cockade | ribbon worn on a hat |
| disrupt | disturb |
| eliminate | get rid of, remove |
| hireling | person in the pay of another |
| knell | slow tolling of bells |
| lei | ring of flowers worn around the neck |
| pare | peel, cut down on |
| rampant | spreading wildly |
| scourge | whip |
| triplicate | three copies, to make three of something |
| unseemly | improper |
| alternate | take turns, person who can take over, every second |
| chronic | long-lasting |
| compensate | pay |
| enthrall | fascinate |
| felon | criminal |
| melee | noisy fight |
| minute | thorough, records of a meeting, very tiny |
| oblique | slanting, indirect |
| outrage | wicked act, angered |
| pagan | worshiping many gods |
| participate | take part |
| principle | important truth, underlying idea, honesty |
| silt | fine sand |
| summon | to call forth, send forth |
| wax | a yellow greasy substance, grows fuller |
| arena | place for contests |
| concise | short and clear |
| determine | figure out, make up one's mind |
| estuary | place where a large river meets the sea |
| infallible | never to make a mistake |
| intermittent | stopping and starting |
| oasis | watering place in the desert |
| onslaught | fierce attack |
| pamper | give in to |
| pawn | minor chess piece, person used by others, leave in exchange for a loan |
| recollect | remember |
| reluctant | unwilling |
| sedentary | who sits |
| shear | cut, clip the wool off |
| tense | stretched tightly, nervous, verb form showing time |