- accoutrements: accessories
- aloof: physically and emotionally distant; indifferent
- belligerently: state of hostility or war; agressiveness
- complacent: self-satisfied
- comportment: in a manner fit to the situation; demeanor
- coveted: wished for excessively
- derelict: abandoned thing
- eminent: standing-out; obvious, grand
- exhortation: encouragement; an urgent appeal
- fatuously: In a silly, light-hearted manner
- goaded: to urge; to drive
- imperiously: commanding
- languid: listless, weak
- lucent: giving off light
- luminous: giving off self-generated light
- morosely: gloomy and sullen from jealousy
- nebulous: vague, indistinct
- restiveness: fidgeting, uneasiness
- sardonically: sarcasm intended to demean; cynically; disdainfully
- saunter: to walk at a leisurely pace; to stroll; at ease
- specter: ghost-like object
- titular: in title only
- truculent: cruel, savage, aggressive self-assertion; ferociousness
- vehemence: with intense emotion
- vitality: lively and animated; vim; life; vigor