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- Repent
- to feel sorry, self-reproachful
- Jocund
- cheerful; merry; gay; blithe; glad
- Legatee
- a person to whom a legacy is bequeathed.
- Latent
- present but not visible, apparent,
- Intercede
- to act or interpose in behalf of someone in difficulty or trouble
- Inexorable
- not to be persuaded
- Corroborate
- to make more certain; confirm
- Bestow
- to present as a gift; give;
- Feign
- to represent fictitiously; put on an appearance of
- Reek
- to give off; emit; exude a bad smell.
- Morose
- gloomily or sullenly ill-humored, as a person or mood.
- Bilious
- peevish; irritable; cranky
- Grog
- fired and crushed clay
- Replete
- abundantly supplied or provided
- Hearty
- substantial; abundant; nourishing
- Sealing wax
- a resinous preparation, soft when heated
- Rime
- to cover with rime or hoarfrost.
- Pang
- a sudden feeling of mental or emotional distress
- Gruel
- a light, usually thin, cooked cereal
- Seething
- to surge or foam as if boiling
- Loath
- unwilling; reluctant; disinclined; averse
- Covetous
- having an inordinate or wrongful desire.
- Decanter
- a vessel, usually an ornamental glass bottle
- Peals
- A loud burst of noise;A ringing of a set of bells
- Furze
- Any of several spiny shrubs of the genus
- Facetious
- not meant to be taken seriously or literally
- Compulsion
- the act of compelling; constraint; coercion
- Avarice
- insatiable greed for riches
- Laden
- burdened; loaded down
- Borough
- an urban community incorporated by royal charter
- Jovial
- endowed with or characterized by a hearty, joyous humor
- Pillaged
- to rob with open violence
- Withered
- To lose freshness; droop
- Poulterer
- a dealer in poultry, hares, and game;
- Giddy
- affected with vertigo; dizzy.
- Repute
- favorable reputation; good name
- Recompense
- to repay; remunerate; reward, as for service, aid,
- Brigands
- A robber or bandit, especially one of an outlaw band.
- Prodigiously
- wonderful or marvelous
- Reclamation
- the act or process of reclaiming
- Slipshod
- careless, untidy, or slovenly: slipshod work.
- Scanty
- scant in amount, quantity
- Beguile
- to influence by trickery, flattery, etc.; mislead; delude.
- Exulted
- To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
- Regale
- to entertain lavishly or agreeably; delight.
- Capacious
- capable of holding much; spacious or roomy
- Sidled
- to move sideways or obliquely
- Abyss
- anything profound, unfathomable
- Amends
- reparation or compensation for a loss
- Tarry
- to delay or be tardy in acting, starting, coming,
- Flaunting
- To exhibit ostentatiously or shamelessly
- Intimation
- to indicate or make known indirectly; hint; imply; suggest.
- Loitered
- To stand idly about; linger aimlessly.
- Ironmongery
- a hardware store or business.
- Deftly
- dexterous; nimble; skillful; clever
- Swarthy
- Having a dark complexion or color
- Genial
- warmly and pleasantly cheerful; cordial
- Lower
- to cause to descend; let or put down: to lower a flag.
- Beseech
- to beg eagerly for
- Blithe
- joyous, merry, or gay in disposition
- Misanthropic
- some one who thinks the worst of human nature and motives
- Portly
- rather heavy or fat; stout; corpulent.
- Beetling
- projecting; overhanging
- Demurely
- characterized by shyness and modesty
- Waistcoat
- an 18th-century garment for women that is similar to a man's vest
- Disgorge
- to eject or throw out from the throat, mouth, or stomach; vomit forth
- Lustrous
- having luster; shining; luminous
- Pedestrian
- lacking in vitality, imagination, distinction, etc.; commonplace;
- Recumbent
- lying down; reclining; leaning.
- Petrification
- the act or process of petrifying; the state of being petrified
- Unhallowed
- not hallowed or consecrated; not regarded as holy or sacred
- Relents
- To become more lenient
- Palpable
- readily or plainly seen, heard, perceived, etc.; obvious; evident:
- Ponderous
- of great weight; heavy; massive.
- Ubiquitous
- Being or seeming to be everywhere at the same time
- Brazier
- a metal receptacle for holding live coals or other fuel, as for heating a room.
- Mirth
- amusement or laughter
- Sensible
- having, using, or showing good sense or sound judgment