abjure
solemnly renounce; recant
abstruse
difficult to understand; obtuse
actuate
to put into motion; activate
alacrity
eagerness
aperture
opening
apprise
inform
approbation
commendation or praise
asperities
roughness of surface; unevenness
assiduously
diligently
auricular
understood or recognized by the sense of hearing; of, relating to, or using the ear or the sense of hearing
avarice
greed
balustrade
a row of small posts that support the upper railing of a staircase
bilious
marked by or suffering from liver dysfunction and especially excessive secretion of bile
billow
a large, undulating mass - typically made of smoke
blandishment
flattery used to persuade
callous
feeling no emotion; feeling or showing no sympathy for others
calumniators
people spreading rumors
celerity
speediness
chimera
a mythological beast consisting of parts from various animals
clandestine
secret
coadjutor
one who works with another; assistant
coeval
having the same date or age; contemporary
compunction
a feeling of guilt that arises after doing something bad
confute
to overwhelm in argument; refute conclusively
controvert
deny; argue
copses
thickets, groves, or growths of small trees
corruscations
glitter; sparkle
coruscation
to give forth flashes of light; sparkle or glitter
declivity
a downward slope; descent
demesne
land attached to an estate
deportment
a person's behavior or manners
dissipated
dispersed; dissolved
ebullitions
sudden violent outbursts or displays
effulgence
radiant splendor; brilliance
equipoise
a state of equilibrium
equipose
equality in distribution, as of weight, relationship, or emotional forces; equilibrium
exculpate
exonerate; vindicate; acquit
execrate
loath; curse
expatiate
to speak or write at length or in detail
expiate
to extinguish the guilt incurred by
extenuate
to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of by making partial excuses; mitigate
fallacious
deceptive; illogical
fane
temple; church
flatigious
criminal or villainous
gesticulation
gesture
goadings
urges or stimulants to action
hoary
aged
ignoble
not honorable
imbibed
received into the mind and retained
imbrue
stain
immolation
sacrifice
immured
enclosed within or as if within walls
importunate
persistent
imprecation
curse; damnation
inclemency
bad - pertaining to weather
inculcate
instill; teach
incumbent
imposed as a duty; obligatory
indefatigable
incapable of being fatigued; untiring
inexorable
impossible to stop or prevent
inexpiable
not capable of being atoned for
inscrutable
not readily investigated, interpreted, or understood; mysterious
inured
accustomed; used to
inveterate
long-established and unlikely to change
lancet
scalpel or blade
laudable
worthy of praise; commendable
lineament
a distinctive shape, especially of the face
Lusatia
a land in present-day Germany
male-primogeniture
the right, by law or custom, of the firstborn male to inherit an estate
mellifluent
flowing sweetly
munificence
liberal in giving; lavish
noxious
physically harmful or destructive to living beings
nugatory
of little or no consequence; trifling; inconsequential
obduracy
stubbornness
obviate
remove; avoid or prevent
opprobrious
bringing disgrace; infamous
orisons
prayers
pallid
pale
paroxysm
fit; attack
perfidy
deceitfulness
plenteous
plentiful
poniard
dagger
portentous
ominous; sinister
precipitate
headlong; without deliberation
prelusive
preconstituting or having the form of a prelude; introductory
profligate
shamelessly immoral
propitious
favorably disposed; benevolent; being a good omen
punctilio
a fine or petty point of conduct or procedure
purlieus
the area near or surrounding a place
pusillanimous
timid; cowardly
railleries
good-natured ridicule; banter; jest
raillery
good-humored teasing
rapacious
greedy
rectitude
moral integrity; righteousness
redound
to become transferred or added; accrue
refractory
resisting control or authority; stubborn; unmanageable
refulgence
a radiant or resplendent quality or state; brilliance
relique
relic
Romish
Roman Catholic
ruminate
to go over in the mind repeatedly and often casually or slowly
sagacious
shrewd; wise; clever
salutary
beneficial
sanguinary
gory; bloodthirsty
sedulously
acting diligently in application or pursuit
sonorous
full or loud in sound
succor
assistance or aid
supernal
relating to the sky or heavens; celestial
supineness
a state of lying on the back or with the face upward
temerity
unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition; rashness; recklessness
tenor
direction; meaning; theme
tetter
a skin irritation, possibly ringworm or herpes
tinctured
infused or instilled with a property or entity; impregnated
torpor
apathy; dullness
umbrage
shade, shadow; or, shady branches; foliage
untenable
indefensible
upbraid
find fault with; scold
vacuity
an empty space
veneration
respect or awe inspired by the dignity, wisdom, dedication, or talent of a person
veracity
truthfulness
verdure
lush greenness
vicissitudes
fluctuations of state or condition
visage
face
votary
devoted follower
