- adrenalize: to excite/stir to action
- ambigudus: unclear, uncertain
- annus mirabilis: a remarkable year
- assuage: soothe/pacify
- benich arnold (traitor): someone who you trust who turns the back on you
- berate: to scold severely
- brigadoon: rustic place - castle
- callous: hardened/no emotion
- fracas: fight, disturbance
- frivolous: lacking serious
- innate: born within
- jugular: main vain in throat/neck
- knickerbocker: descendent of dutch NY
- matriarch: motherly
- patriarch: fatherly
- phlegmatic: a pathetic; calm, passive
- serendipity: a lucky find or discovery
- Stoic: indifferent to pain or emotion
- sub rosa: secretly/privately
- zelig: a chameleon - like person who appears to be everywhere