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rapacious
predatory: living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey, excessively greedy and grasping; "a rapacious divorcee on the prowl
alacrity
eagerness; liveliness; enthusiasm; promptness; speed
meagre
deficient in amount or quality or extent
insoluble
admitting of no solution or explanation; "an insoluble doubt"
recrudescence
a return of something after a period of abatement; "a recrudescence of racism";
declivity
descent: a downward slope or bend
athwart
Perpendicular to a boat's centerline
morose
Sullen, gloomy; showing a brooding ill humour
writhe
To twist, as in pain, struggle, or embarrassment. To move with a twisting or contorted motion.
lugubrious
gloomy, mournful or dismal, especially to an exaggerated degree
sylvan
of the forest, one who dwells in the woods
importunate
burdensome, inopportune, untimeley
exhort
To recommend earnestly; to insist upon.
staid
Settled in character; of grave or sedate deportment; dignified and serious in demeanour or conduct; free from flightiness or caprice. a. of a person, his actions, attributes, etc.
suffusion
A colouring or tint spread over a surface, esp. over the skin by the action of the blood, etc.; freq. a flush of colour in the face, a blush
duenna
A chaperon for a young lady
abstruse
Difficult to understand or comprehend
confluence
A place where two things flow together, especially water.
vermeil
Of a bright scarlet or red colour; vermilion
pestiferous
Bringing or producing plague, esp. bubonic plague; injurious to health, noxious, deadly; pestilent, pestilential.
in a weakened sense a nuisance/irritating
arcanum
A hidden thing; a mystery, a profound secret. One of the supposed great secrets of nature which the alchemists aimed at discovering; hence, a marvellous remedy, an elixira
necropolis
An ancient or prehistoric burial ground, esp. one with elaborate tombs.freq. used as the name of a large cemetery in or near a city.
muezzin
A public crier who proclaims the regular hours of ritual prayer from the minaret or the roof of a mosque.
prosaic
Of a person or thing: unpoetic, unromantic; dull, flat, unexciting; commonplace, mundane.
cicerone
A guide who shows and explains the antiquities or curiosities of a place to strangers.
anent
In line or company with. On a level with in position, rank, or value; equal to, on a par with
garret
A room on the uppermost floor of a house; an apartment formed either partially or wholly within the roof, an attic.

turret projecting from the top of a tower or from the parapet of a fortification
reticent
Reserved; disinclined to speak freely; given to silence or concealment.
colloquy
A talking together; a conversation, dialogue
resplendent
Shining, brilliant, splendid.
supplanting
To dispossess and take the place of (another), esp. by treacherous or dishonourable means, To cause to fall from a position of power, superiority, or virtue; to cause the downfall of, bring low
effulgently
Shining forth brilliantly; sending forth intense light; resplendent, radiant.
palatial

palatal
Of a speech sound or articulation: made by pressing the blade of the tongue against or in the direction of the hard palate (e.g. to articulate the y in yes)
architraves
Ornamental moulding round the exterior of an arch, The lowest division of the entablature, consisting of the main beam that rests immediately upon the abacus on the capital of a column; the epistyle.
emanations
The process of flowing forth, issuing, or proceeding from anything as a source.

A beam, flash, ray of light.
supernal
That is above or on high; existing or dwelling in the heavens.
alienist
One who treats mental diseases; a mental pathologist; a ‘mad-doctor.’
gaol
A place or building for the confinement of persons accused or convicted of a crime or offence; a prison. Now, a public building for the detention of persons committed by process of law.
ululations
A howl or wail; a cry of lamentation.
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Of or relating to the morning, esp. the period just after waking; occurring or performed early or in the morning.
patios
A dialect spoken by the people of a particular region (esp. of France or French-speaking Switzerland), and differing substantially from the standard written language of the country. Also gen. (freq. depreciative): a regional dialect; a variety of language specific to a particular area, nationality, etc., which is considered to differ from the standard version. also jargon
malinger
feigning illness to avoid work
listless
Characterized by unwillingness to move, act, or make any exertion; marked by languid indifference as to what goes on around one, or as to what one has to do.
terraqueous
Consisting of, or formed of, land and water; nearly always in terraqueous globe.
corporeal
Bodily; wherein the body is affected. Things material.
puerile
Of, relating to, characteristic of, or suitable for a boy or child; (hence) youthful, innocent; elementary
roister
royster
A swaggering or blustering bully; a riotous fellow; a rude or noisy reveller.
convivial
Of or belonging to a feast or banquet; characterized by feasting or jovial companionship; such as befits a feast, festive.
sojourn
A place of temporary stay
bower
a vague poetic word for an idealized abode, not realized in any actual dwelling, habitation, abode. In early use lit. A cottage; in later use a poetical word for ‘abode’. .
rimester or
rhymester
A versifier or indifferent poet; a poetaster.
erudition
The action or process of training or instructing; instruction, education
voluble
Liable to change; inconstant, variable, mutable. Characterized by fluency or glibness of utterance; rapid and ready of speech; fluent
ribald
One who uses offensive, scurrilous, or impious language; one who jests or jeers in an irreverent or blasphemous manner.
charnel house
A house for dead bodies; a house or vault in which the bones of the dead are piled up.
sepulchre
A tomb or burial-place, a building, vault, or excavation, made for the interment of a human body.
declivity
Downward slope or inclination
inurned
To put (the ashes of a cremated body) in an urn
scions
A shoot or twig, heir or descendant
gruesome
Inspiring fear, awe, or horror; such as to cause one to shudder with fear; fearful, horrible; grisly
falcate
Bent or curved like a sickle
whelm
To throw (something) over violently or in a heap upon something else, esp. so as to cover or to crush or smother it.
sigil
An occult sign or device supposed to have mysterious powers. A seal or signet
vicariously
By substitution of one thing or person for another; by means of a substitute.
discarnate
Divested of the flesh or the body, disembodied.
coquet or coquette
‘To act the lover’ (J.); to practise coquetry, to flirt with. (Formerly used of both sexes, now only of a woman.) {dag}
mincing
Of a person, etc.: speaking, walking, or behaving, in an affectedly dainty or refined manner. In later usu. derogatory use, of a man (esp. a homosexual): effeminate, effete.
perturbed
Disquieted, agitated, restless; confused, deranged. Also: in a state of confusion or disorder.
incontinent
Unable to retain natural evacuations Not continent; wanting in self-restraint: chiefly with reference to sexual appetite.
sanguine
In mediæval and later physiology: a ruddy countenance and a courageous, hopeful, and amorous disposition Belonging to that one of the four ‘complexions’ (see COMPLEXION n. 1) which was supposed to be characterized by the predominance of the blood over the other three humours, and indicated by .
beatific
Making blessed; imparting supreme happiness or blessedness.
demure
Affectedly or constrainedly grave or decorous; serious, reserved, or coy in a way that is not natural to the person or to one of his years or condition.
wont
To be wont or accustomed; to be in the habit of (doing that which is expressed by the inf.).
cumbrous
Troublesome from bulk or heaviness; burdensome, unwieldy, clumsy
circuitous
Of the nature of a circuit, roundabout, indirect.
Obstinate
Firmly adhering to an opinion or chosen course of action despite argument, persuasion, or entreaty; inflexible, resolute, stubborn, self-willed; indicative of or characterized by inflexibility or stubbornness
Wayward
Capriciously wilful; conforming to no fixed rule or principle of conduct; erratic
aggrandize
To enlarge, increase, magnify, or intensify (a thing).
Coalesce
To unite or come together, so as to form one
Impetus
The force with which a body moves or maintains its velocity and overcomes resistance; energy of motion; impulse, impulsion. In reference to immaterial things, as feelings, actions, etc.: Moving force, impulse, stimulus.
Consumate
Of a person: fully accomplished, supremely skilled.
Purport
That which is intended to be done or effected by something; intention, object, purpose; an instance of this
Macabre
Characterized by or suggestive of the gruesomeness of the danse macabre (dance of death); grim, horrific, repulsive.
inimical
Having the disposition or temper of an enemy; unfriendly, hostile
Adverse or injurious in tendency or influence; harmful, hurtful
Deprecate
To plead earnestly against; to express an earnest wish against (a proceeding); to express earnest disapproval of (a course, plan, purpose, etc.).
Effusive
An emotional outpouring.
Cordial
Warm and friendly in manner. From the heart
Abeyance
A state of suspension, temporary non-existence or inactivity; dormant or latent condition liable to be at any time revived.
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