- Anthropomorphic: attributing human characteristics or qualities to objects, animals, or gods
- Aplomb: self-confidence
- Beneficiary: one who receives benefits
- Careen: to swerve or lurch from side to side while in motion
- Catholic: universal; wide-ranging
- Deluge: a flood; an overwhelming rush
- Eerie: weird; mysterious; strange and frightening
- Fester: to grow embittered over time; to rot
- Guile: slyness and cunning in dealing with others
- Havoc: great destruction; chaos
- Languish: to become weak or febble; to lose strength
- Martial: warlike; relating to the military
- Modicum: a small amount
- Pall: something that covers or conceals
- Rancid: having a bad taste or smell; spoiled