Remote
Isolated from civilization
Disconcerting
Making someone feel uncomfortable
Plummet
Steep fall
Periphery
Outer limits of vision
Coherent
Logical
Understatement
Presenting something as being less important or smaller than it actually is
Sluggish
Slow moving
Propriety
An awareness of respectability, politeness, and modest decorum
Rend
To aggressively tear apart or rip asunder
Chaff
Mockingly teased
Upbraid
Not a hairstyle at all, but a reproachful scolding often done in public to humiliate the victim
Munificent
Bountifully generous and abundantly charitable
Gaunt
Exceptionally thin to the point of suspected problems with health
Draught
A serving of a drink, usually alcoholic, drawn from a tap or keg; hence, draught (draft) beer
Fain
Willing, prepared, and inclined to do something
Obstinacy
Inflexible, stubborn determination to the point of pigheadedness
Lithe
Supple and flexible; easily bent
Filial
Referencing the generations that follow the parental generation
Compunction
Qualms or shame arising from the regret stimulated by guilt over inappropriate actions
Mendicant
An indigent vagabond; a homeless beggar
Locus
The epicenter of an event or activity, or even the origin of something more abstract like a concept or philosophy
Pince-nez
Frameless eyeglasses that fit upon the nose as the result of spring-loaded pinch
