| peril | danger, risky |
| persevere | persistent to overcome obstacles |
| placid | calm, peaceful, undisturbed |
| ramshackle | likely to fall apart, rickety |
| recluse | aloof, shut away from everyone else |
| rectitude | moral righteousness |
| remorse | regret for wrongdoing |
| reprimand | to yell at for doing something wrong |
| ruefully | expressing sorrow, regret, or pity |
| seceded | withdrew from something |
| sojourn | temporarily reside |
| squalor | miserable, filthy condition |
| subtle | slight enough to be arely noticable; sly |
| succinct | concise, clear, terse |
| sundry | various, diverse |
| tacit | implied |
| taciturn | inclined to silence |
| tactful | to be able to consider others feelings not to offend them |
| tedious | long and tiresome, monotonous |
| temerity | reckless, bold |
| tirade | long bitter outburst |
| tranquil | peaceful, serene |
| turbulent | violently disturbed or confused |
| umbrage | to take offense; shadow/shade |
| uncouth | strange; clumsy and akward |
| vehement | extreme intensity of emotion; a violent, great force |
| veneer | thin layer of wood glued to make ply wood; a superficial facade |
| venerable | worthy of respect |
| vexations | annoyances |
| wary | cautious |
| wrath | vengence, violence, payback |
| wryly | bitterly ironic, abnormally bent |