- acquisition: something newly gained
- alleged: to claim without proof
- ambled: to walk at a slow easy pace
- apprehensive: Anxious or fearful about the future; uneasy
- assuaged: to make milder or less severe, relieve
- benevolence: goodness, an inclination to perform kind, charitable acts.
- chattel: article of property other than land or buildings, slaves
- compelled: to force or drive
- contorted: Twisted or strained out of shape
- deplorable: wretched, terrible, bad, regrettable
- derogatory: expressive of low opinion, belittling
- discern: to detect by looking carefully
- douse: To wet thoroughly; drench
- eccentric: unconventional, out of the norm, odd
- fortitude: strength of mind that allows one to endure
- frivolous: not serious, unworthy of serious attention
- impotent: lacking power or ability
- imprudent: unwise, foolish
- indolent: habitually lazy, idle
- malevolent: evil, wishing evil or harm to others
- melancholy: sadness or depression, gloomy
- morose: Sullenly melancholy; gloomy
- mortification: extreme embarrassment or shame
- mottled: Spotted or blotched with different shades or colors
- ominous: Menacing; threatening, foreshadowing of evil or disaster
- opaque: not transparent, can’t see through it
- oppressive: hard to endure, heavy, difficult to bear
- overtones: an implication or a hint
- palpable: capable of being touched
- persecution: cruel treatment because of race or beliefs
- precarious: unsteady, unstable, dangerously lacking in security
- profound: deep, penetrating, far-reaching
- recumbent: Lying down, especially in a position of comfort or rest; reclining
- scruples: feeling of doubt or guilt about a suggested action, an uneasy feeling arising from conscience or principle
- squandered: wasted, not taken advantage of
- taciturn: silent, reserved in speech
- teemed: to be full of things, abound or swarm
- tyrannical: overpowering, oppressive
- unfathomable: unbelievable, hard to understand
- unsullied: spotlessly clean and fresh, not dirtied
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