- abash: embarrass
- abide: live with
- adherent: follower
- ailment: disorder
- animosity: hatred
- baffled: confused
- bliss: happiness
- captivity: imprisoned
- chaos: confusion
- contentment: satisfaction
- detect: discover
- expectorate: spit
- facetious: comical
- feeble: weak
- fetters: chains
- gaudy: cheap and showy
- harass: bother
- homage: respect
- idle: inactive
- intricate: involved
- odious: hateful
- ordeal: difficult task
- ostentatious: showy
- pariah: outcast
- perennial: everlasting
- prevailing: widespread
- remote: distant
- soothe: calm
- utterly: completely
- wane: grow small