Gifted
To have a high ability for a particular skill
Profound
Wise
Contrary
Alternately
Impulse
To act without thinking it through
Athirst
To be very eager
Egotism
Being excessively conceited
Devotion
To be wholly commited to someone/something
abbess
The head of a group of nuns.
anecdote
A story recollected and shared usually with the intent of making a point applicable to the current topic of conversation.
venerate
An expression of fond and deep regard toward someone based on admiration of their legacy or to show regard for their experience.
guile
A sense of shrewd cunning revealing an elevated level of both intelligence and the craftiness with which it is demonstrated.
ballad
A song or song-llike poem with a narrative content.
gesticulate
Making gestures with body parts to punctuate the emotional context of verbal expression.
archbishop
A position of the highest rank among bishops within a religious community.
cartographer
A map-maker.
blandishment
A fawning type of flattery used for the purpose of persuasion.
harangue
A prolonged rant or diatribe directed against a person or idea.
wraith
A particularly frightening ghostly apparition.
dissimulate
To concel under false pretensions; a masquerade to hide one's true emotions.
dowager
An overly dignified elderly woman often within the context of being acquiring new wealth and power as a result of inheritance of her husband's property following his death.
loquacious
Talkative in a chatty and often inconsequential way.
lachrymose
Expressing sorrow to the point of inconsolable weeping.
perfunctory
Dutiful and without much emotional investment.
penury
A state of extreme poverty; destitute.
supplant
To take the place of something or someone else.
puerile
Childish and immature.
sacristan
A person charged within a church with overseeing and protecting the collection of sacred objects.
rachitic
Suffering from a case of rickets.
malign
Defaming or slandering another person.
