apathetic
showing little or no emotion or animation
annex
attach too
advocate
a person who pleads for a person, cause, or idea
alias
a name that has been assumed temporarily
despot
a cruel and oppressive dictator
dispel
cause to separate and go in different directions
foil
hinder or prevent, as an effort, plan, or desire
hapless
unfortunate and deserving pity
tome
a large and scholarly book
solicitous
full of anxiety and concern
abscond
run away often, taking something or somebody along
quaint
attractively old-fashioned
instigate
provoke or stir up
cobler
a person who makes or repairs shoes
emend
make corrections to
bashful
self-consciously timid
wanton
a lewd or immoral person
carp
any of various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae
vilify
spread negative information about
pert
characterized by a lightly saucy or impudent quality
inure
cause to accept or become hardened to
knell
the sound of a bell rung slowly to announce a death
multifarious
having many aspects
grandiloquent
lofty in style
elegy
a mournful poem; a lament for the dead