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Forestall
prevent ahead of time
Farthing rushlight
a candle which bragged to be more brilliant than the sun but was blown out by a single breeze
Recumbent
lying down
Salle à manger
dining room
Salubrious
healthy
Stripling
young man
Sultry
hot and humid
Equipage
a carriage and horses with attendants
Viz
name
Depredations
plunder or attack
Weal
red, swollen mark left on the flesh
Lop
cut off
Beau
boyfriend
Quixotic
idealistic
Genial
friendly
Gallantry
bravery
Meretricious
pretentious
Imprudence
unwise
Succour
help
Drudgery
hard work
Auspicious
promising
Irreproachable
impeccable
Facetious
treating serious issues with inappropriate humor
Rhodomontade
a bragging speech
Languor
fatigue
Ennui
weariness or boredom
Punctilio
a detail of conduct
Cupola
small dome
Exculpation
vindication
Clandestine
secretive
Aver
assert
Scrupulously
thorough
Irrefragable
indisputable
Tenant
occupant (of land)
Fastidious
meticulous
Pagoda
a Hindu or Buddhist temple or sacred building, typically a many-tiered tower, in India and East Asia
Illiberal
uncultured
Propriety
courtesy
Gipsy
a nomadic person
Sarsnet
silk
Languishing
feeble
Incapacitated
deprived of power
Thaw
a period of warmer weather
Incognita
unknown female
Belle
beautiful female
Quartetto
group of four
Ingenuously
innocently
Conjecture
speculation
Subsist
exist
Conciliate
gain
Officiate
oversee
Exalted
high-ranked
Conduce
help bring about
Subvert
diminish
Overweening
conceited
Thrum
recite monotonously
Vagary
unexpected change in behavior
Fain
gladly
Avocation
hobby
Artless
innocent
Temporize
yield to current or dominant opinion
Nabob
wealthy person
Exigency
need or demand
Impregnable
impenetrable
Elysium
a place or state of ideal happiness
Parity
equality
Stupor
numbness
Unalloyed
pure
Primeval
ancient
Accede
agree
Essay
attempt
Impervious
unaffected
Torrent
flood
Pelting
attack
Precursor
something that comes before something else
Revelation
surprising fact
Affright
fright
Divest
deprive
Verdure
lush green vegetation
Soul-harrowing
distressing
Avert
turn away
Convulsively
suddenly violently
Estimable
worthy of respect
Blight
ruin
Tenour
intended purpose
Machinations
plot or scheme
Phrensy
violent and irrational excitement (frenzy)
Actuate
motivate
Turpitude
wickedness
Despoil
plunder or rob
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