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Tarn
a small steep-banked lake or pond
Boon
close or intimate
Munificent
characterized by great generosity
Patrimony
an estate inherited from one's father
Appellation
an identifying name or title
Phantasmagoric
describing a bizarre or fantastic combination
Ennuye
affected with weariness or boredom
Wan
pale, sickly pale
Cadaverousness
state or resembling a corpse
Cataleptical
referring to a nervous condition characterized by muscular rigidity and fixity of posture regardless of external stimuli, as well as decreased sensitivity to pain
Sulphureous
of, relating to, or containing sulfur/the fires of hell
Dirge
a mournful piece of music, often intended to accompany funeral or memorial rites
Educe
to bring out; to deduce
Seraph
an order of angels
Pinion
the terminal section of a bird's wing; flight feathers
Porphyrogene
a son born after the accession of his father to the throne (literally "one born in the purple")
Sentience
the ability or consciousness to feel, perceive, or experience subjectively
Vegetable
unresponsive or non-living
Collocation
the act or result of placing/arranging together
Invalid
a person made weak or disabled by illness or injury
Vagary
an erratic action or notion
Tempest
a storm
Casement
a window with a sash that opens at hinges at the side
Miasma
a heavily vaporous atmosphere (i.e. fog), once thought to carry disease
Prolixity
boring verbosity, long-windedness
Doughty
valiant, brave
Stimulus
a thing that rouses activity or energy in someone or something; a spur or incentive.
Dissonance
lack of harmony among musical notes.
Cognitive
relating to the mental action or process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and the senses.
Implore
beg someone earnestly or desperately to do something.
Beguiling
charming or enchanting, often in a deceptive way.
Entreating
expressing an earnest or anxious request; pleading.
Surcease
end
Obeisance
a gesture of respect
Countenance
facial expression
Ominous
threatening or sinister
Hackles
usually used to mean the hairs on the neck and back of a dog that stiffen when the dog is ready to attack.
Spacious
large; roomy
Obscure
not well known
Recessed
remote; set back
Vestibule
entrance room
Muffled
difficult to hear because something is covering and softening the sound.
Irremediably
in a way that cannot be helped or corrected
Rending
violent or forceful pulling apart of something