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- Credulity
- Willingness to believe or trust too readily; gullibility
- Fusillade
- A spirited outburst esp. of criticism
- Talisman
- An object engraved with figures supposed to possess occult powers, worn as a charm
- Scud
- To run or move quickly or hurriedly, esp. if pushed or carried by wind
- Wont
- Accustomed, used; habit
- Spasmodic
- Sudden involuntary muscle contraction like a hiccup; frightful, intermittent
- Leverage
- The action of a lever; power or ability to act effectively or to influence people
- Rubicund
- Red or reddish; often implies health
- Antimacassar
- A small, usu. ornamental covering placed on the backs and arms of upholstered furniture to prevent wear or spoiling
- Prosaic
- Commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact; unimaginative; of or like prose rather than poetry; factual, often used negatively
- Broach
- To mention something for the first time, usu. something not easily brought up
- Malign
- To speak harmful untruths about; evil in effect; pernicious
- Torrent
- A rushing or abuntdant stream of anything, such as words
- Bog
- Wet, spongy ground with soil composed mainly of decayed vegetable matter; to sink, to cause to sink
- Shards
- Fragments, esp. of broken earthen ware
- Bibulous
- Fond of or addicted to drink; absorbent, spongy
- Convoluted
- Twisted; coiled; complicated; intricately involved
- Deftness
- Skill, nembleness, facileness, dexterity
- Tottering
- Walking unsteadily or shakily; lacking security or stability, threatening to collapse
- Jarred
- Shocked...unpleasant, negative, thrown off balance
- Marred
- ruined
- Flailing
- Thrashing about
- Imperceptible
- Not perceptible; gradual or subtle
- Dragooning
- Bullying
- Greenhorn
- An inexperienced or unsophisticated person; a newcomer unacquainted with local manners and customs
- Sultry
- Very hot and humid; exciting or capable of exciting stong sexual desire
- Chastened
- To correct by punishment or suffering
- Truculent
- Feeling or displaying ferocity; deadly, destructive
- Shiftless
- Lacking in resocrefulness, ambition, or incentive
- Uusurer
- A person who charges exhorbitant interest on a loan
- Haggled
- Bargained, bartered, quibbled, negotiated, wrangled
- Slackened
- Loosened, relaxed
- Facilitated
- Helped, aided, assisted, make smooth, made easy, made possible
- Mordant
- Caustic, acerbic, scathing, penetrating, biting
- Chaff
- The casing around a kernel of wheat; something useless
- Voluptuous
- Sensuous, juicy, ripe ,fulsome
- Reverie
- Daydream
- Caprice
- Whim, impulse, quirk, fancy, fad, notion
- Posterity
- Future generations
- Sagacious
- Sage, wise, learned, clever, perceptive, knowledgeable
- Brazen
- Bold, barefaced, brash, (negative, questioning authority)
- August
- Imposing, impressive, grand, majestice, eminent
- Ethereal
- Other-worldly, ghostly, delicate, heavenly, magical
- Dauntless
- Bold, intrepid, fearless
- piquancy
- sharp taste; spiciness; kick; tartness; tang
- revel
- to take great pleasure in something; a noisy celebration
- dissolution
- closure, disbanding, termination, suspension, conclusion
- emanating
- originating, starting, coming, beginning, stemming, springing, deriving
- pluck
- nerve, guts, courage, bravery
- vixen
- baby female fox; deceitful woman, seductive woman
- battalions
- division, company, brigade, regiment, troop
- fastidious
- fussy, finicky, persnickety, hard to please
- diffidently
- shyly, self effacingly, timidly
- dogged
- determined, persistent, stong-willed, strong-minded
- deign
- condescend, stoop, lower yourself
- premonition
- presentiment, forewarning, feeling, intuition, hunch, omen
- vex
- To annoy or bother, puzzle, perplex
- dour
- sullen, gloomy, severe, stern
- resolute
- firmly set in purpous or opinion, determined, resolved
- emanciated
- wasted away physically; feeble
- illusory
- deceptive, unreal, illusive; producing, based on, or having the nature of a delusion
- indiscriminately
- in such a way as to not be discriminating or not make careful choices or distinctions; in such a way as to be confused, random, promiscuous
- cleave
- to adhere, cling, to be faithful to
- fatous
- complacently stupid or inan4e; silly; foolish
- petulant
- impatient or irritable; peevish
- diversion
- the act or instance of distraction from a course,activity, or use
- proseltyze
- to induce someone to convery to one's faith
- cryptically
- in a secret or occult manner
- cackle
- to make the shrill broken sounds of a hen 9through laughter or chatter)
- cunning
- sly, crafty, made or done with skill or ingenuity
- retort
- a quick, sharp or witty reply (turns previous speaker's words back upon that speaker)
- penitential
- of or relating to sorrow for one's sins
- endeavor
- an earnest attempt or effort; to strive to reach a goal
- moor
- an expanse or open, rolling, infertile land; a boggy area, esp. one that is peaty and dominated by grasses and sedges
- pariah
- lowest cast in india; outcast
- relish
- pleasurable appreation of anything; to enjoy; to take pleasure in
- bolt
- to make a sudden, swift dash, run, flight, or escape
- exhiliration
- feeling of being enlivened, invigorated, stimulated
- demurely
- in a modest and reserved manner or behavior
- undulations
- regular rising and falling movements to alternating sides; movements in waves
- sublime
- elevated or lofty in thought, language, etc.; awe-inspiring
- impervious
- incapable of being penetrated
- pedagogy
- the function or work of a teacher; teaching
- uncanny
- having or seeming to have a supernaturalor inexplicable basis
- protrude
- to project, to thrust foward
- flounder
- to struggle with stumbling or plunging movemens
- impudence
- the quality or state of bing impertinent; effrontery; insolence
- atoll
- a ring shaped coral reef of a string of closel y spaced small coral islands
- caricature
- a picture, description, etc. ludicrously exaggerating the peculiarities or defects of persons or things
- implore
- entreate, beg
- reprove
- to express disapprobal to or of
- rend
- to tear at something violently out of anguish or rage
- pusillanimous
- cowardly
- lucrative
- profitable
- rustic
- relating to or suitable for the country or country dwellings; coarse; not refined
- poignant
- emotionally painful, deeply moving
- demur
- to object
- condole
- to express sympathy
- oblivion
- state of having lost concious awareness; state of bing forgotton
- cavaclade
- a ceremonial procession or display; a succession or series
- prodigious
- immpressively great in size or force, marvelous
- noisome
- offensive, esp. to the sense of smell to the point or arousing disgust
- jocosely
- given to joking merrily, humorously, light-heartedly, upbeatingly
- ken or kenning
- perception, understanding, range of vision, view, sight
- wanton
- immoral or unchaste, lewd, undisciplined, spoiled
- demean
- degrade, debase, humiliate, put down, disgrace
- magnanimous
- courageously noble in mind and heart. generous in forgiving; unselfish
- abhorrence
- hate coupled with disgust
- consternation
- alarm; fright; amazement; astonishment
- eminence
- a position of great distinction or superiority
- caper
- a playful leap or hop; a frivolous escapade or prank; an illegal plot or enterprise, esp. one involving theft
- fervent
- characterized by intense emotion
- apathy
- Lack of emotion or feeling; impassiveness.
- empathy
- identification with and understanding or another's situation, feelings, and motives
- conjecture
- an inference or judgement based on inconclusive or incomplete evidence; guesswork
- obsequiously
- full of or exchibiting servile compliance; fawningly
- latently
- present but not evident
- lackey
- a liveried male servant; a foot man; a servile follower
- indomitable
- incapable of being overcome; subdued or vanquished; unconquerable
- ensconced
- to be settled or established
- enmity
- positive, active, and typically mutual hatred or ill will; hostility or antipathy
- gambol
- to skip about in play; frisk, frolic
- tractable
- capable of being easily led, taught, or controlled; docile; easily handled; managed or wrought; malleable
- machinations
- scheming or crafty actions or artful designs intended to accomplish some, usu. evil, end
- conciliatory
- appeasing, friendly, compatible, aggreable
- waft
- to cause to move or go lightly by or as if by the impulse of wind or waves
- taciturn
- temperamentally disinclined to to talk
- intimated
- made timid or fearful; frightened esp. compelled or detered by or as if by threats
- whelp
- to give birth to-used or various carnivores and esp of the dog; to bring forth
- posthumous
- following or occurring after death
- retinue
- a group of retainers of attendants
- subversive
- secretive, not easily detected; tending to overthrow or cause destruction of a legally established gov't
- sally
- set out, depart briskly or energetically (always followed by "forth")
- incumbent
- required; obligatory; holding a specified officed; lying, resting, or pressing with its weight on something else
- dregs
- the sediment of liquid; lees; the basest of least desirable portion
- frugally
- in a way that is avoiding unnecessary expenditure or money; thriftily
- interment
- the act or ritual or interring (placing in a grabe; burying)
- pervade
- to spread throughout; permeate
- salient
- projecting or jutting beyond a line; striking; conspicuous; promintent; noticeable
- genially
- cheerfully, in a friendly, kindly manner
- lily-livered
- cowardly; timid
- groveling
- humbling oneself in a servile manner; cringing
- inveigle
- to lead astray or win over by deceitful flattery; to obtain by cajolery (coaxing, wheedling)
- contentious
- always ready to argue; quarrelsome
- convalescence
- gradual recovery after ilness; the period of such recovery
- droll
- amusingly odd; whimsically comical
- encroachment
- the act of intruding gradually on the possessions or rights of another; trespassing
- rhetorically
- in a way that is concerned primarily with style or effect; often used to describe the posing of a question to which ther speaker does not expect/want a reply
- veer
- to shift from one direction or course to another; turn
- sedate
- quiet and dignified in behavior; serious, solemn
- irate
- arising from anger
- tacit
- implied or indicated but no actually expressed
- insidious
- sly, treacherous, seductive, having a gradual and cumulative effect, subtle
- ramshackle
- rickety, tumbledown
- mire
- heavy and often deep mud or slush; to stick or sink in or as if in mud
- ruthless
- having no pity; merciless; cruel
- castrate
- to deprive of sex glands
- dole
- a distribuion esp. of food, money, or clothing to the need
- disparge
- to lower in rank or reputation; degrade; belittle
- staunch
- firm, strong, steadfast, loyal, resolute; to stop liquid from flowing or a wound from bleeding
- alacrity
- cheerful readiness; briskness
- besmirch
- to soil, to make dirty; to bring disgrace on, slander
- din
- a loud confused mixture of noises
- bourgeois
- a member of the middle class
- cherubim
- a celestial being; an angel; second clas of angels
- pernicious
- causing insiduous harm or ruin; evil, wicked
- torpid
- inactive or sluggish, as a bodily organ; slow, dull, apathetic, lethargic
- poacher
- a person who trespasses on private property, esp. to catch fish or game illeagaly
- perusal
- carefully searching, looking (scrutiny)
- scrutiny
- a searching examination;a close and searching look
- shirk
- to evade; to evade work, duty, etc.
- enigma
- a puzzling or inexplicable occurrence or situation; a person or puzzling or contradictory character
- lurid
- gruesome, horrible, revolting; wildly dramatic or sensational; shocking; ghastly; pale
- evanescent
- vanishing; fading away
- imminent
- likely to occur at any moment; impending; threatening
- taper
- to grow smaller or thinner toward one end; to reduce gradually; OR a candle, esp. a very slender one
- sat3ed
- satisfied and apetite or desire fully; filled to excess
- auspicious
- promising success; propitious, oportune, favored by fortune
- impassively
- in a manner not susceptible to pain or suffering; apathetic in an unmoved manner
- doddering
- mentally or physically infirm with age; to shake or tremble from old age
- yoke
- something that connects or joins together; a crossbar with two u-shaped pieces that encircle the necks of a pair or oxen or other draft animals working together
- insolence
- trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liverties; an offensive, disrespectful impudent act
- deference
- submission or courteous yeilding to the opinion, wishes, or judgement of another; courteous respect
- malicious
- having the nature of or resulting from a desire to harm others; spiteful
- seduce
- to lead away from duty, principles, or proper conduct
- absolve
- to pronounce clear of guilt, blame, or obligation
- lamentation
- the act of expressing sorrow or regret
- dirge
- a slow, mournful musical composition; a funeral hymn or lament
- transgress
- to go beyond or over a limit or boundry
- profane
- marked by contempt or irreverence for what is sacred; to put to an improper, unworthy, or degrading use
- untrammeled
- not limited or restricted; unrestrained
- entrails
- internal parts or organs
- welter
- a confused mass; jumble; to wallow, roll, or toss about as in mud or hight seas
- defile
- to make filthy or dirty; to march in single file.; a narrow gorge or pass that restricts lateral movement
- citadel
- a rortress in a commanding position or near a city
- crevice
- a narrow crack or opening
- knave
- an unprincipled, crafty fellow; a male servant
- countenance
- appearance, esp. of the face; face or facial features; suport or approval
- cogitation
- thoughtful consideration, meditation, a serious thought
- contsrue
- interpret, to make sense of, analzye the structure of
- factious
- of relating to, produced by or characterizes by internal dissension
- redress
- to set right, remedy, to make amend, to adjust
- flint
- a very hard, fine grained quartz that sparks when struck with steel
- instigate
- to urge on, goad, to stirup, to provoke
- interim
-
interval of time between one event,process, or period and another.
belonging to, serving during of taking place during an interval of time. - affable
- easy and pleasant to speak to; approachable gentle and gracious
- dismember
- to cut, tear, or pull the limbs off of, to divide into pieces
- chide
- to scold mildly as to correct of improve, reprimand
- purge
- to free from impurities, to rid of sin, guilt or defilement
- prodigy
- a person with exceptional talents or powers
- dank
- disagreebly dark or humid
- constancy
- steadfastness, as in purpose or affection; faithfullness changelessness
- render
- to submit/present, to make available or provide; to give what is due or owed; to return; to surrender
- auger
- to predict or fortell from omens; a profit
- unassailable
- impossible to disprove
- appease
- to soothe, calm, to bring peace and quiet to
- legacy
- money or property that is left to somebody in a will
- covert
- not openly practiced or shown
- bay
- a position of no escape
- chastise
- to punish or scold somebody; to severely criticize
- proscription
- the act of condeming or forbidding something; the condition of having been denounce or exiled
- tenor
- a drift of something spoken or written, an exact copy of a writing, the coice part next to the lowest 4 part chorus
- apparition
- an unusual or unexpected sight
- corporal
- of, in or affecting the body
- abject
- cast down in spirit; showing utter hopelessness or resignation
- disconsolate
- cheerless
- levy
-
the imposition or collection of an assessment
to impose or collect by legal authority - tarry
- to linger or delay
- engender
- to cause to exist or to cause to develop; to assume form
- prostrate
- stretched out with face on the ground in adoration or submission; to put oneself in such a postion
- raucous
- disagreeably harsh or stident, hoarse, boisterousluy disordenly
- licentious
- lacking legal or moral restraints; marked by disregard for strict rules or correctness
- abeyance
- a lapse in succesion during which there is no person whom a title is vested; temporary inactivity, suspension
- predisposed
- disposed in advance, made susceptible, brought about by susceptibilty, indined
- willful
- intentional
- dawdle
- to spend time idly, to delay
- decry
- to express strong disapproval of
- resonant
- continuing to sound, echoing, marked by grandiloquence
- plethora
- excess, superfluity ;excess of blood
- abdicate
- to cast off; discard; to relinquish formally; to renouce a throne
- extraneous
- existing or coming from the outside; not forming an essential or vital part; having no relevance
- splice
- to unite by interweaving the strands; to unite; a joining or joint
- perterbed
- disturbed greatly; disorder; decomposed