abet: to encourage or to assist; to aid
agile: able to move quickly and easily
antidote: medicine or remedy
ascertain: to learn with certainty
benevolence: kindness; generosity; charity
desolate: deserted; without inhabitants
din: loud and discordant noises
dissuade: to advise against; to talk out of
distend: to expand; to swell; to dilate
enervation: weakness
fitful: irregular; not consistent
inert: inactive; dormant
eulogy: high praise or commendation
indelible: permanent; cannot be erased
malevolence: act of wishing ill will on someone
obliterate: to remove all traces of; to destroy
ornate: excessively decorated
paucity: scarcity; fewness; dearth
piety: devotion and reverence to God
precarious: dangerous; risky; not secure
prosaic: commonplace; dull; banal
quiescent: quiet; still; inactive
scintillating: sparkling; shining; flashing
squalid: filthy in appearance; sordid
vexation: discomfort or distress