abased
lowered or reduced; shamed
abode
dwelling, place that one inhabits
accost
to approach; to confront boldly
affright
frighten
alacrity
liveliness, cheerful briskness
alembic
something that purifies or refines
aliment
means of sustenance or nourishment
allay
to relieve, to mitigate
allegory
a symbolic narrative
alleviation
relief, something that palliates
anathema
a curse; someone/something that is cursed or hated
annals
historical records; chronicles
antipathy
hatred
aperture
opening, gap
apportion
divide; assign
apprise
to inform, to notify
approbation
commendation, praise
arcana
mysteries
assiduous
constant, persevering
assuage
make unpleasant feelings less intense
asunder
into separate pieces
aver
to assert, to state as a fact
Baal
a demon, also known as Beelzebub
baneful
destructive, harmful
bas-relief
in architecture, a carving of figures which stand out against a flat background
blasphemy
impious utterance or act against religion, the church, or God
brevity
briefness, shortness
bugbear
bogeyman
cacchination
loud and uncontrolled laughter
caravansary
generally in Eastern European countries, an inn or hotel where caravans can stop at night for rest
casement
a window that is attached to its frames by hinges
censure
disapproval or blame
charter
a written instrument or document that details the rights of a city or institution
chastened
restrained, subdued
cittern
a stringed instrument
compliance
the act of yielding to another's desire or to a rule
Comus
Greek god of festivity
Comuss
in mythology, god of revelry
conclave
private or secret meeting
concoct
to prepare or create by combining ingredients
conduce
to lead or contribute to a certain result
conjecture
to form a guess or to speculate
connoisseur
a discerning judge of a field, an expert
consort
to associate with, to interact with
constituent
an individual who authorizes another (i.e., elected official) to act on his or her behalf
conveyance
means of transportation
coquetry
flirtation
corrosive
harmful or destructive; eating away at
countenance
facial expression
counterpoise
counterbalance; annul; cancel out
covenant
a formal agreement established between two people or entities
cudgel
a short, heavy club
cur
mongrel
cursory
brief, hasty, superficial
damask
a reversible, patterned fabric
daubings
unskilled painted sketches
decorum
politeness, dignified manners
decrepitude
state of being feeble or in bad condition due to age
deleterious
harmful
deportment
behavior or demeanor
deprecate
to devalue, to belittle; to strongly disapprove or object
depreciation
decrease in value
desolate
deserted; dismal emptiness
destitute
lacking, devoid of
detrimental
harmful, having a negative effect upon
devious
circuitous, indirect
discourse
to converse
dispense
to distribute or give out
dolefully
mournfully
dotage
the later years in one's life; old-age
duodecimo
a size of book page that results from the folding of each printed sheet into 12 leaves (24 pages)
ebullition
act of boiling up or rushing forward
eccentric
odd, unusual, bizarre
ecclesiastical
not secular; pertaining to the church
eddy
to move in currents
edification
act of educating
effervescent
bubbling
efficacy
effectiveness
emaciated
extremely skinny
emanate
to come from a source
emblem
representative sign or symbol
eminent
(noun) an individual of importance
empiric
one guided by practical experience rather than theory; charlatan
endeavor
to try, to attempt
enmity
hostility; antagonism
ensign
badge, flag or banner
evanescnet
fading away, fleeting
evince
to display clearly, to demonstrate
exemplary
of excellent character
exemplification
example
exhort
to urge, to advise urgently
expiate
to atone for
fastidious
hard to please; marked by being excessively particular
felicity
happiness, good fortune
fervid
heated or extremely enthusiastic; glowing, hot
folly
foolishness; a foolish undertaking
forbear
to refrain from doing something
foster
to cultivate
gait
stride, manner of walking
garrison
a location where soldiers or troops are stationed
gentry
the upper class, aristocracy
grimed
made dirty
haggard
appearing gaunt or exhausted
hardihood
boldness; daring
hazard
(verb) to attempt
hillock
a small hill
hoary
ancient, aged
imbibe
to drink, to absorb
impertinent
presumptuous; rude
imperturbable
unable to be bothered or shaken
impute
to ascribe or to assign
inauspicous
ominous
incontrovertible
indisputable
incur
to become liable or subject to
indecorous
improper; indecent
indefatigable
tireless
inebriety
state of intoxication or drunkenness
ineffaceable
unable to be erased
ineludible
inescapable
inevitable
unavoidable
infernal
hellish, diabolical
iniquity
wickedness, sin
innocuous
having no effect, harmless
insurrection
rebellion against authority
intimate
to hint
intonation
rise and fall of voice pitch; tone of voice
inveterate
long-established through habit/time
irreparable
unable to be corrected or undone
itinerant
traveling from one place to another
kiln
a furnace or oven for burning, baking, or drying something
lachryma
sadness; teary
languor
fatigue, physically lacking energy
lineament
a distinctive shape, contour, or line, especially of the face
lofty
high-handed, rather arrogant
lurid
gruesome, terrible
magi
the wise men
mendicant
beggar
meridian
point of highest development or prosperity
mien
air or demeanor
minstrelsy
music/art by a performer
misanthropic
antisocial; disliking people
mitigate
to alleviate
mouldering
slowly decaying; disintegrating
muslin
a cotton fabric
nincompoop
fool, idiot
nostrum
a medicine with unproven effectiveness
obliquity
obscurity
obsequies
funeral rites
obstinacy
stubbornness
obtuse
not bright, not perceptive
ocular
pertaining to the eyes
odious
terrible, hated, detestable
omniscient
all-knowing; having complete knowledge
opulent
wealthy, very rich
ordination
act or ceremony of ordaining; act of decreeing
ostentatious
conspicuous, meant to attract others' attention
partake
to participate
pastille
aromatic substance that contains medicating effects
pathos
pity; empathy or compassion
patronize
to be a client or customer of, or to provide support
pensive
thoughtful, but marked by a touch of sadness/nostalgia
peril
danger
pertinacity
persistence
perturbation
disturbance or agitation
pervade
to spread throughout, to flood
petrified
terrified; or, paralyzed
physiognomy
face or outward appearance
pious
devout
portentous
ominous; sinister
portmanteau
a suitcase that opens into two halves
posterity
descendants, or future generations
potation
an alcoholic drink
potentate
an individual who possesses a lot of authority or power
predilection
preference
prepossessing
pleasing, attractive
presentiment
foreboding feeling that something negative is imminent
prevarication
lie
prodigious
wonderful, extraordinary
prodigy
something monstrous or terrible
prolixity
wordy
proselyte
a (religious) convert
quaff
to drink
quarto
a book by 24 x 30 cm
recompense
to repay, to remunerate
recondite
secret; obscure; deep
rectify
to correct
recumbent
state of lying down, or inactive
recur
to repeat
remonstrance
reproach, objection, disapproval
reprehension
censure, disapproval
reprobate
depraved or unprincipled person
retrograde
moving backward
sagacity
wisdom; shrewdness
sanguine
cheerful, optimistic, hopeful
scruple
a moral or ethical belief
scrutiny
a thorough look or review
sedulously
carefully; with diligence
sepulchral
funereal, gloomy
sepulture
the act of burial or entombment
sexangular
having six sides; hexagonal
simper
to smile in a silly way
simpering
coyly smiling; flirtatious
solicitude
extreme care or attentiveness
sophistry
a subtly fallacious but seemingly viable method of reasoning
spectra
ghostly, phantom
subsist
to exist
succor
aid
suffusion
spreading of color or liquid
superfluous
unnecessary, wastefully extra
supplication
prayer
susceptible
liable to, capable of being affected
sustenance
food for survival
swain
a male admirer or lover
sylvan
made of tree boughs or wood
taciturn
not inclined to be talkative
tarry
to linger, to wait
tedium
boredom
timorous
timid; shy; fearful
tincture
to infuse with something
torpid
inactive, sluggish
torpor
lethargic indifference; inertia; apathy
transient
brief, fleeting
transmute
to transform
tremulous
shaking with fear
trifling
inconsequential
ubiquitous
being everywhere at once
uncouth
unrefined, awkward, clumsy
unfathomable
not able to be understood, incomprehensible
unpremeditated
unplanned
unsought
not solicited
unutterable
unspeakable
vacuity
emptiness, void, blankness
vagary
unpredictable or unusual idea/act
valor
bravery, courage
venerated
respected, revered
veracious
truthful
verdure
greenness, vegetation
vicissitude
a change of circumstances or fortune, typically one that is unwelcome or unpleasant
victual
food, or supply of food
vile
evil, harmful
visage
face, expression
votary
follower of a religion or cult
waggery
roguish jest
