Book 1
Conscience
Conformity to one's own sense of right conduct.
Cogitate
To think deeply and seriously about something.
Alacrity
liveliness, cheerful readiness
Pilferer
A small thief
Expeditiously
To do something with speed and efficiency.
Incommodiousness
Uncomfortably or inconveniently small.
Culpability
guilt, sinfulness, responsibility
Stolid
Showing little emotion, impassive
Capitulate
Surrender under agreed conditions.
Counterpane
The outer covering of a bed, generally more or less ornamental.
Despondency
depression, loss of hope
Expiation
The act of making amends for a wrong
Sublime
Worthy of adoration or reverence.
Inconsistency
An inconsistent element or an instance of being inconsistent.
Imploringly
in a begging manner
Bespatter
To splash or soil with something
Evanescence
Quality of something being fleeting or vanishing quickly.
Encamped
to settle or lodge in a camp
Remonstrated
presented strong reasons against something
Tumbril
A farm cart used to carry dung, often associated with the French Revolution for transporting prisoners to the guillotine