- anguish: great suffering; agony
- aptitude: talent; ability
- ascent: climb upward
- assent: to agree or to give in to
- awe: mixed feelings of fear and wonder
- compel: to force
- composure: calmness of mind
- conviction: belief
- covet: want greatly
- crucial: of great importance
- defiant: boldly resisting
- despondent: lacking hope; depressed
- dispel: scatter and drive away; to make vanish
- elective: optional course or subject in school
- emaciated: extremely thin; starving
- enthralled: fascinated; charmed
- exquisite: very beautiful, especially in a delicate way
- extricate: to set free; to disentangle
- gumption: courage; enterprise
- inevitable: certain to happen
- intricate: complex; full of complicated detail
- loathed: hated
- malicious: spiteful; hateful
- meek: timid; humble;not showing anger
- pauper: extremely poor person
- perpetual: constant; unending
- persistent(ly): firm(ly)and steadily
- premium: additional charge
- prone: lying face downward
- realign: readjust into a straight line or into proper coordination
- resilient: springing back into shape
- resume: begin again; continue
- simultaneous(ly): at the same time
- strive: struggle
- surge: move in a violent, swelling motion
- taut: tightly stretched
- tiered: stacked in rows
- translucent: able to transmit light, but not see-through
- whimper: make low, crying sounds; complain
- withered: dried up
- yield: give way to force or pressure