midterm vocab

couriers

**(N) messager**

avarice

(n)greed

inconceivable

**(adj)totally unlikely**

zeal

(n)a feeling of strong eagerness

upbraided

(v)to criticize

beguile

(v)to pass time pleasantly

mar

(v)to make imperfect

murky

(adj)dark and gloomy

console

(v)give moral or emotional strength to

mettle

(n)courage

panegyric

(n/v)formally expressing praise

dire

(adj)calamitous; urgent

turmoil

(n)a violent disturbance

offices

(n)servants' quarters

ardent

(adj)characterized by intense emotion

recoil

(v)draw back, as with fear or pain

palpable

(adj)easily perceived

carousing

(N)drunken merrymaking

mirth

(n)gladness, especially when expressed by laughter

minion

(n)an obsequious follower or dependent