| EMBRACE | 1. Hold closely in one's arms, 2. Accept willingly and enthusiastically |
| Ethos | Characteristic spirit of an era, culture |
| Steeped | Surround or fill with a quality or influence |
| Obscure | Not known, uncertain, not clearly expressed, not important |
| Enhance | to improve |
| Overshadowed | appear more important than |
| Plausible | Reasonable, Believable, probable, credible |
| Superficial | appear to be true only until examined closely |
| Underscore | to emphasize |
| Manifest | clear or obvious to the eyes or mind |
| Sparseness | Thinly dispersed or scattered |
| Prudent | Carefully |
| Demure | reserved, modest and shy |
| Carcass | Dead body |
| Chastise | to reprimand harshly |
| Reprimand | A formal expression of disapproval |
| Presage | Warning |
| Demur | Raise objections or reluctance |
| Amenable | Easily influenced |
| Mercurial | Unpredictable changes in mood |
| Ambivalent | Mixed or conflicting emotions |
| Egregious | Outstandingly bad |
| Hunch | Guess |
| Commensurate | to be in proportion |
| Heinous | Utterly odious or wicked |
| Galvanize | to motivate or inspire |
| Extant | Still in existence |
| Acrimony | Bitterness and ill will |
| Imperil | put at risk, destroyed |
| Amorphous | Shapeless |
