Vocabulary Definitions and Usage

Patron

A person who gives financial or other support to a person, organization, cause, or activity

Exultation

A feeling of triumphant elation

Conscientiously

In a thorough and responsible way

Gaudily

In a showy or tastelessly extravagant manner

Tactlessly

Lacking sensitivity in dealing with others or with difficult issues

Suppress

Forcibly put to an end

Reproach

To express disapproval or disappointment

Confounding

Causing surprise or confusion

Abortive

Failing to produce the intended result

Postern

A back or side entrance

Vestige

A trace or remnant of something that is disappearing or no longer exists

Remotely

To a very small degree; from a distance

Harrowed

Distressed or troubled

Recurrent

Happening repeatedly or periodically