| word | definition |
| console | to comfort |
| remunerated | to reward, pay, reimburse |
| flippant | lacking in seriousness; disrespectful, saucy |
| immunity | resistance to disease; freedom from some charge or obligation |
| preposterous | ridiculous, senseless |
| advent | an arrival; a coming into place or view |
| momentous | very important |
| exorbitant | unreasonably high; excessive |
| inundated | to flood, overflow; to overwhelm by numbers or size |
| malign | to speak evil of, slander; evil |
| bleak | bare, dreary, dismal |
| slipshod | untidy in dress, personal habits, etc.; careless, sloppy |
| mire | mud; wet, swampy ground; a tough situation; to get stuck |
| envoy | a representative or messenger |
| emancipate | to free from slavery; to release or liberate |
| diminutive | small, smaller than most others of the same type |
| horde | a vast number |
| expedient | a means to an end; advantageous, useful |
| inscribing | to write or engrave; to enter a name on a list |
| drudgery | work that is hard and tiresome |
