Arcane – secret, mysterious

Artifacts – simple objects showing human workmanship

Atone – to make amends

Callow – immature, inexperienced

Clamor – loud noise or shouting

Countenance – to condone or to give approval

Dilettante – an aimless and superficial follower of the arts, a dabbler

Foreboding – premonition of evil, an ominous omen

Hack – one who forfeits professional integrity in exchange for money or reward

Impede – to interfere with or to obstruct the progress

Indubitable – not open to question or doubt

Invective – critical or abusive language; violent abuse

Philanthropist –one who tries to do good for mankind; lover of mankind

Precursor – something that comes before, forerunner

Relish – to take great pleasure or delight

Rhetoric – the art of using words effectively in speaking or writing; inflated language

Rigor – strictness, severity

Somnambulist – a sleepwalker

Stymie – to block, to present an obstacle

Tepid – moderately warm; lacking in passion, force, or animation

Unkempt – disheveled in appearance

Vacuous – lacking content; marked by a lack of intelligence

Variegated – changed in appearance by using or applying different colors

Vehement – forcefully expressing emotion or conviction

Zealot – one who embraces a cause and supports it with vigor

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