untenanted
uninhabited; vacant
scoff
to speak to someone in a derisive, mocking, scornful way
phosphates/phosphites
salts made with phosphoric acid
congenial
pleasant or agreeable
draught
British form of “draft” meaning a current of air
basley
meanly; despicably
lurid
shockingly bright
sulphur
greenish-yellow in color
atrocious
dreadful; revolting
riotous
enthusiastic; boisterous
vicious
savage; spiteful
impertinence
inappropriateness; rudeness
verily
in truth; certainly
querulous
irritable; argumentative
fatuity
absurdity; silliness
frieze
an ornamented band on furniture or architecture
interminable
never ending
undulating
wavy
arabesque
an elaborate spiraling line or motif
convolutions
shapes made with rolling and coiling curves
cultivates
encourages the growth or development of something
inexplicable
unable to be explained
conscientiously
meticulously; careful
patent
open; unobstructed
derision
mocking scorn or contempt