Part 1
Unintelligible or meaningless speech or writing; nonsense
Gibberish
A very small stream
Rivulet
An important or powerful person, especially in the motion picture or media industry
Mogul
The quality of being religious or reverent
The ability to perceive or feel things
Sentience
The state of being decrepit
Decrepitude
The jaws or throat of a voracious animal
Maw
Members of a self-appointed group of citizens who undertake law enforcement in their community without legal authority, typically because the legal agencies are thought to be inadequate
Vigilantes
An isolated hill or ridge or erosion-resistant rock rising above a peneplain
Monadnock
Demonstrating aggression and willingness to fight
Bellicose
Inspiring fear or respect through being impressively large, powerful, intense, or capable
Formidable
Seemingly absurd or self-contradictory
Paradoxical
A rope used for raising and lowering a sail, spar, flag, or yard on a sailing ship
Halyard
In a way relating to or denoting mental images having unusual vividness and detail, as if actually visible
Eidetically
(of a person) at the point of death
Moribund
Clever or cunning devices or expedients, especially as used to trick or deceive others
Artifice
Existing, occurring, or done under the earth’s surface
Subterranean
Of or with respect to the distant stars (i.e., the constellations or fixed stars, not the sun or planets)
Sidereal
Something reused or altered but still bearing visible traces of its earlier form
Palimpsest
Having an abnormally large head
Megalocephalic
In medias res
Into the midst of things
Subterranean (definition 2)
Secret, concealed
Acquisitiveness
Excessive interest in acquiring money or material things
Bailiwick
One’s sphere of operations of particular area of interest
Etiolated
Having lost vigor or substance; feeble