abyss: hole so deep as to appear bottomless

　　acquiesce: agree, accept without protest

　　affable: polite and friendly, easy to talk to

　　affliction: distress, suffering

　　affluent: wealthy, abundant

　　agitate: move, shake, stir up

　　ambiguous:shavingsmore then one meaning

　　annex: take possession of

　　aqueous: of or like water

　　arduous: demanding great effort, strenuous

　　aroma: quality or surrounding atmosphere considered typical

　　atone: make repayment

　　avarice: greed

　　bellicose: inclined to fighting

　　calisthenics: exercises to develop strong bodies

　　captor: person who takes smb captive

　　concoct: invent, prepare by mixing together

　　dangle: hand or swing loosely

　　deprive: take away from, prevent from using

　　diligent: hard-working

　　disrobe: undress

　　docile: easily trained or controlled

　　doleful: dismal, mourful

　　drought: a long period of dry weather

　　dubious: feeling doubt

　　dumbfound: astonish

　　efface: rub or wipe out, obliterate

　　elucidate: to make understandable

　　enchant: charm, delight e

　　ndeavor: to make an effort, to try very hard

　　endorse: approve, support a claim or statement

　　enthral: take the whole attention, enslave

　　exploit: to use for selfish advantage or profit

　　extensive: far-reaching

　　extol: to praise highly

　　flimsy: lacking solidarity, strength

　　fraud: a fault, a deception

　　gaudy: too bright and showy

　　ghastly: death-like, pale and ill

　　grumble: to complain

　　harass: worry, trouble

　　heretic: very busy; active

　　impediment: smth that hinders (esp in speech)

　　indigenous: native

　　insatiate: never satisfied

　　intrepid: fearless

　　irate: angry

　　jeopardy: danger

　　leash: control

　　loafer: an idle, lazy person

　　lucrative: profitable

　　lustrous: bright; shining

　　malign: to slander

　　meddle: to interfere, to intrude

　　mend: to repair

　　mirth: being merry and happy

　　nausea: feeling of sickness

　　neglect: pay no attention to

　　nocturnal: of or in the night

　　obese: very fat

　　obsolete: no longer useful, outdated

　　perch: take up a high position

　　pervade: spread through every part of

　　petulant: unreasonably impatient or irritable

　　pillage: plunder (esp in war)

　　presumptuous: too bold or self-confident

　　quashed : annuled

　　quenching: satisfy, put an end to, put out

　　refurbished: make clean, as if like new

　　rejoicing: happiness, joy

　　reticent: in the habit of saying little

　　reverberate: be sent back, again and again

　　rigor: sternness, strictness, severe conditions

　　rotundity: state of being round

　　salvage: the saving of property from loss

　　scattered: not situated together

　　shatter: to breaksintosmany pieces

　　shunned: avoided, kept away from

　　sketchy: shortly, roughly, quickly

　　sporadic: happening from time to time

　　stifled: suppressed, kept back

　　strive: to make great efforts, to struggle

　　subsequent: following

　　succumb: yield, die

　　taciturn: unspoken, silent

　　tantalize: raise hopes that cannot be realized

　　tentative: uncertain, probable

　　torpid: dull and slow

　　treacherous: not to be trusted, perfidious

　　tremor: thrill

　　tyro: a beginner

　　uproar: noise and excitement

　　vanity: a foolish pride

　　vehemence: forcefulness; intensity; conviction

　　vigilance: watchfulness

　　vindicate: prove the truth

　　voluptuous: arousing sensual pleasures

　　wan: looking ill, not bright

　　wile: a trick

　　wrinkle: make small lines (eg forehead)