Vocab

Shrewd

Clever

Tractable

easily controlled

Perpetually

continually

Ignominious

disgraceful

impromptu

at the spur of the moment

posthumously

after one’s death

pretext

excuse

eloquence

skillful use of language

sordid

filthy, wretched

manifestly

evidently

Articulate

well-spoken

factions

a group within a larger group

disinterred

to take out, unearthed

Laborious

requiring much work

Arable

land that can be used to grow crops