- amplify: to make stronger
- armistice: a temporary peace
- arrogant: haughty
- bland: gentle
- disclaim: to deny interest in or connection with
- epoch: a distinct period of time
- estrange: to drift apart or become unfriendly
- gratify: to please
- infinite: exceedingly great; an incalculable number; a name for God
- irascible: easily made angry
- kindred: a person's relatives; related by blood
- naive: innocent
- niche: a decorative recess in a wall
- obliterate: to blot out completely
- ramshackle: appearing ready to collapse
- ransack: to search or examine thoroughly
- rote: unthinking routine or repetition; based on a mechanical routine
- solvent: able to meet one's financial obligation; a liquid used to dissolve other substances
- tedious: long and tiresome
- vendor: a person who sells something