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Occident
The countries lying west of Asia and the Turkish dominions
zeitgeist
The intellectual and moral tendencies that characterize any age or epoch
poesy
poetry
votary
consecrated by a vow or promise
baleful
malignant
datum
starting point, premise, or given fact
requital
adequete return for good or ill (what you get back after an action)
petulant
showing impatience
addle
to muddle / make inefficient or worthless
pluperfect
expressing a past action before some other past action
derisible
open to ridicule
retinue
the cohort that follows someone famous wherever they go
intension
stretching to the straining point
convolve
a circling motion
pyx
a vessel or casket, in which the host is preserved
sapience
great wisdom or knowledge
decameron
a volume of 10 books / parts
pusillanimous
without spirit or bravery
obsequious
servile agreement to follow another
execration
an accursed thing
wizen
To become withered / dry
insipid
tasteless
recrudescence
becoming raw or sore again
continence
self-restraint
unction
anointing with oil
expiate
to atone for / make amends / make reparations
anhydrous
withered
eschew
to avoid / keep clear of
dendroid
like a tree
malefactor
one who hurts another
repertory
where you store things / gather then together
egregious
extreme
clement
kind / compassionate
deliquesce
to melt
proscenium
part of stage between curtain & orchestra
solicitude
uneasiness of mind due to desire, anxiety or fear
dolesome
melancholy
guileless
frank
antipodes
on the opposite side of the earth
caprice
On a whim
comestible
fit to be eaten
plenary
entire (the whole thing)
indolent
hibitually lazy / inactive
peremptory
precluding questions or appeal
portent
anything that indicates what is about to happen
palliate
to cause to appear less guilty
cont
To join / unite
contumacy
contemptuous disregard of the requirements of rightful authority
intestate
not having made a valid will
extempore
without studied or special preparation
avarice
passion for getting and keeping riches
discrepant
opposite
lough
a lake / loch
pan-
all / complete
panoply
a full set of armour
ponderous
usually weighty or forcible
seperatist
a suceder