| Term | Definition |
| Raucous | harsh; strident; grating:
ex: raucous voices; raucous laughter |
| Tenant | a person or group that rents and occupies land, a house, an office, or the like, from another for a period of time; lessee |
| Apparition | a supernatural appearance of a person or thing, especially a ghost; a specter or phantom; wraith:
ex: a ghostly apparition at midnight |
| Capitulate | to surrender unconditionally or on stipulated terms |
| Protagonist | the leading character, hero, or heroine of a drama or other literary work |
| Exodus | a going out; a departure or emigration, usually of a large number of people:
ex: the summer exodus to the country and shore |
| Insignificant | unimportant, trifling, or petty |
| Acrimonious | caustic, stinging, or bitter in nature, speech, behavior, etc.:
ex: an acrimonious answer; an acrimonious dispute |
| Menace | something that threatens to cause evil, harm, injury, etc.; a threat:
ex: Air pollution is a menace to health |
| Ghastly | shockingly frightful or dreadful; horrible:
ex: a ghastly murder |
| Omnipotent | almighty or infinite in power, as God |
| Bedlam | a scene or state of wild uproar and confusion |
| Forgo | to abstain or refrain from; do without |
| Allotment | the amount of something allocated to a particular person |
| Requisite | necessary for a particular purpose, position, etc.; indispensable:
ex: the requisite skills of an engineer |
| Impair | to make or cause to become worse; diminish in ability, value, excellence, etc.; weaken or damage:
ex: to impair one's health; to impair negotiations |
| Isolate | to set or place apart; detach or separate so as to be alone |
| Curtail | to cut short; cut off a part of; abridge; reduce; diminish. |
| Impertinence | unmannerly intrusion or presumption; insolence |
| Contraband | anything prohibited by law from being imported or exported |
| Forte | a person's strong suit, or most highly developed characteristic, talent, or skill; something that one excels in |
