abstemious

sparing (usually in eating or drinking); temperate

allure

to influence, sway, or entice with some tempting appeal

aperture

a hole or an opening

articulate

to speak distinctly; expressing oneself clearly

atone

to make amends

benevolence

kindness, generosity, charity

bequeath

to hand down, to give or to leave in a will

bestial

brutal without reason, having the attributes of a savage

cajole

to persuade with deliberate flattery, to coax, to wheedle

chaste

morally pure

cherubic

innocent, wholesome, angelic

chronic

marked by long duration or by frequent recurrence over a long period

converge

to move together

coquette

a women who flirts with men without sincere affection

credulous

believing on slight evidence, gullible

decorousness

proper behavior

defile

to make dirty, to desecrate, to pollute

defunct

no longer existing, dead

demur

to hesitate, to delay, to object

elated

very happy about something, having elevated spirits

emaciated

very thin (usually as a result of starvation), wasting away

estrange

to alienate, to seperate

evocative

calling forth, calling to mind

ferocity

savagery

fertile

capable of reproducing

furtive

secret in an underhanded way, stealthy

fuse

to mix or to join (usually by melting)

germinal

being in the earliest stage of development

heretical

contrary to church doctrine or accepted beliefs or standard

hideous

very ugly, offensive, shocking

hypothesize

to reach a conclusion based on an assumption or something not proven

ignoble

of lowly origin, without honor

impudent

disrespectful, characterized by poor behavior

incongruity

nonconformity, disagreement, incompatibility

indefatigable

tireless, incapable of being fatigued

ingratiate

to make an effort to gain good favor with someone

interminable

having or seeming to have no end, wearisomely protracted

latent

not visible, dormant

lecher

one who indulges in excessively in sexual activity or in lasciviousness

luscious

very pleasant to the taste

malicious

motivated by hate or deliberate intent to harm

melancholy

depression of spirits

mosaic

a picture made by using various small pieces of multicolored material

oblique

slanting, indirect, evasive, devious, misleading

odious

deserving hate or contempt

orthodox

conforming to established standards, conventional

paradoxical

something that appears false or contradictory, but is actually correct

patronizing

having a condescending attitude

perpetuate

to prolong the existence of something

pneumatic

pertaining to air or gas

prodigious

extraordinary in bulk, quantity, or degree, great in size, enormous

produndity

profound knowledge, intellectual depth

propriety

correct conduct

recapitulation

a summary

reproach

to blame for something; a disgrace

resonant

echoing, continuing to sound

revere

to honor, to regard with respect

rigor

strictness, severity

rudiment

an essential element or skill, also the early stages of development

scrupulous

very principled, very careful and conscientious

sententious

given to excessive moralizing

soliloquy

a speech or dramatic monologue made to oneself to reveal thoughts

stoic

a stoical person, not showing passion or feeling, indifference, impassive

superb

of very high quality

superfluous

beyond what is needed or required, an overflow

surreptitious

secret, clandestine, stealthy

synthetic

artificial

teeming

filled to overflowing, present in a large amount

transcended

surpassed, exceeded

utopian

having the characteristics of an ideally perfect place

vivacious

full of life, very animated

warranted

justified