- acquainted: made familiar with; to know someone personally
- adjacent: near or close to but not necessarily touching; having a common boundary or edge
- bedeck: to cover with ornament; to decorate
- cantankerous: having a difficult and contrary disposition; stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate; irritable
- contemporary: a person of nearly the same age as another
- contradict: to express the opposite of, to deny, to be contrary to; be resistant to
- debate: argue with one another; discuss the pros and cons of an issue
- entrust: confer a trust upon; put into the care or protection of someone
- fanatical: marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea
- inaudible: not able to be heard
- inconspicuous: not easily seen; subtle; not noticeable
- ingenuous: lacking in sophistication or worldliness; naive and trusting; young; unsophisticated
- isolate: place or set apart; to cut off from others; separate
- jubilantly: in a joyous manner; triumphly
- peril: a source of danger
- perplexity: trouble or confusion resulting from complexity; being confused, not understanding
- umbrage: a feeling of anger caused by being offended