1)abyss:  hole so deep as to appear bottomless

2)acquiesce:  agree, accept without protest

3)affable:  polite and friendly, easy to talk to

4)affliction:  distress, suffering

5)affluent  wealthy, abundant

6)agitate:  move, shake, stir up

7)ambiguous:  having more then one meaning

8)annex:  take possession of

9)aqueous:  of or like water

10)arduous:  demanding great effort, strenuous

11)aroma:   quality or surrounding atmosphere considered typical

12)atone:   make repayment

avarice:  greed

bellicose:  inclined to fighting

calisthenics:  exercises to develop strong bodies

captor:  person who captures a person or an animal

concoct:  invent, prepare by mixing together

dangle:  hand or swing loosely

deprive:  take away from, prevent from using

diligent:  hard-working

disrobe:  undress

docile:  easily trained or controlled

doleful:  dismal,  mournful

drought:  a long period of dry weather

dubious  feeling doubt

dumbfound:   astonish

efface:  rub or wipe out, obliterate

elucidate:  to make understandable

enchant:  charm, delight

endeavor:  to make an effort, to try very hard

endorse:  approve, support a claim or statement

enthral(enthrall):  take the whole attention, enslave

exploit:  to use for selfish advantage or profit

extensive::::far-reaching

extol::::::to praise highly

flimsy::::lacking solidarity, strength

fraud:::: a fault, a deception

gaudy:::: too bright and showy

ghastly::::death-like, pale and ill

grumble::::to complain

harass::::worry, trouble

heretic::::very busy; active

impediment:: smth that hinders (esp in speech)

indigenous:: native

insatiate::::never satisfied

intrepid::::fearless

irate::::::angry

jeopardy::::danger

leash:::: control

loafer::::an idle, lazy person

lucrative::::profitable

lustrous::::bright; shining

malign::::to slander

meddle::::to interfere, to intrude

mend:::: to repair

mirth:::: being merry and happy

nausea::::feeling of sickness

neglect::::pay no attention to

nocturnal::::of or in the night

obese:::: very fat

obsolete::::no longer useful, outdated

perch:::: take up a high position

pervade::::spread through every part of

petulant::::unreasonably impatient or irritable

pillage::::plunder (esp in war)

presumptuous::too bold or self-confident

quashed ::::annuled

quenching:: satisfy, put an end to, put out

refurbished:: make clean, as if like new

rejoicing::::happiness, joy

reticent::::in the habit of saying little

reverberate be sent back, again and again

rigor::::::sternness, strictness, severe conditions

rotundity::::state of being round

salvage::::the saving of property from loss

scattered::::not situated together

shatter::::to break into many pieces

shunned::::avoided, kept away from

sketchy::::shortly, roughly, quickly

sporadic::::happening from time to time

stifled::::suppressed, kept back

strive::::to make great efforts, to struggle

subsequent:: following

succumb::::yield, die

taciturn::::unspoken, silent

tantalize::::raise hopes that cannot be realized

tentative::::uncertain, probable

torpid::::dull and slow

treacherous not to be trusted, perfidious

tremor::::thrill

tyr:::::a beginner

uproar::::noise and excitement

vanity::::a foolish pride

vehemence:: forcefulness; intensity; conviction

vigilance::::watchfulness

vindicate::::prove the truth

voluptuous:: arousing sensual pleasures

wan::::::looking ill, not bright

wile::::::a trick

wrinkle:  make small lines (eg forehead