- accrue: (v.) to grow or accumulate over time; to happen as a natural result
- annotation: (n.) a critical or explanatory note or comment, especially for a literary work
- bedlam: (n.) a state or scene of uproar and confusion
- covert: (adj.) hidden, disguised, a purposefully kept secret; sheltered, secluded; (n.) a sheltered place, a hiding place
- debonair: (adj.) pleasant, courteous, lighthearted; smooth and polished in manner and appearance
- dun: (v.) to demand insistently, especially in payment of a debt; (n.) a creditor; (adj.) dark, dull, drab, dingy
- efficacious: (adj.) effective, producing results
- equanimity: (n.) calmness, composure, refusal to panic
- fortuitous: (adj.) accidental, occurring by a happy chance
- gist: (n.) the essential part, main point, or essence
- gratuitous: (adj.) freely given, not called for by circumstances, unwarranted
- imperious: (adj.) overbearing, arrogant; seeking to dominate; pressing, compelling
- invective: (n.) a strong denunciation or condemnation; abusive language; (adj.) abusive, vituperative
- motley: (adj.) showing great variety; composed of different elements or many colors; (n.) a jester's costume; a jester
- munificent: (adj.) extremely generous, lavish
- procrastinate: (v.) to delay, put off until later
- provocative: (adj.) tending to produce a strong feeling or response; arousing desire or appetite; irritating, annoying
- recondite: (adj.) exceeding ordinary knowledge or understanding
- reprobate: (n.) a depraved, vicious, or unprincipled person, scoundrel; (adj.) wicked, corrupt, or unprincipled; (v.) to disapprove of, condemn
- sedentary: (adj.) characterized by or calling for continued sitting; remaining in one place