- caress: to touch something tenderly
- chronic: continuing for a long time (like a disease or another health problem)
- conspiratorial: characteristic of a conspiracy (a secret plan between people working together)
- corridor: a hallway or passageway with manyb doors or openings
- crag: a projecting part of a rugged rock
- dread: fear; reluctance to do something
- feminine: having qualities traditionally ascribed to wome, as sensitivity or gentleness
- lapsed: to fall, slip, or sink; subside
- lucid: easily understood; completely intelligible
- nauseous: affected with nausea; feeling sick in the stomach or dizzy
- obscured: to conceal or block in some way
- par: an average or usual measure or score
- parlor: a room for recption (of guests or customers)
- pathetic: causing a feeling sorrow or pity
- postponement: the act of postponing or putting off to a later time
- pretense: the act of pretending
- regally: with the character of royalty
- resemblance: a likeness in appearence to something or something else
- serene: calm; peaceful
- tentatively: hesitantly; done without certainty