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| amusing in an odd or wry way |
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| something that projects upward or outward from its surroundings |
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| to lead on with deception; entice or trick into doing or giving something, going somewhere |
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| alternate speeling of seigniors, lords or nobles |
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| of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a woman who rules her family or tribe |
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| worthy of respect or reverence by reason of age and dignity, character, or position |
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| made accustomed to something difficult or painful |
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| characterized by treachery or slyness; crafty; willy |
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| sudden, swift, large-scale offensive warfare intended to win a quick victory; any sudden, overwhelming attack |
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| approaching or intruding, especially in a gradual or sneaky way; advancing beyond customary limits |
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| great brightness; radiance; brilliance |
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| present but invisible or inactive; lying hidden and undeveloped in a person or thing, as a quality or power |
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| a wavy, curving form or outline, especially one of a series |
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| made motionless, as if impaled |
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| so absurd, ridiculous, or exaggerated as to cause or merit laughter |
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| in an indecisive way; wavering in decision, purpose, or opinion |
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| usually, the main part of the interior of a church; here, a large, open, central space |
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| a semicircular or polygonal projection of a building, especially one at the east end of a church, with a domed or vaulted roof |
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| cleared from criticism, blame, guilt, suspicion; served as justification for, justified |
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| particular to the individual; eccentric |
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| too small to be measured; infinitely small |
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| any office or position providing an income or other advantage but requiring little or no work |
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| releases or exemptions from obligations |
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| a cloth of wool, cotton, rayon, twilled on one side and having a fine, diagonal weave |
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| the act of killing one's own brother |
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| an inopportune happening causing confusion or embarrass; awkward mishap |
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| coverings for the lower legs, in the form of cloth or leather leggins, or cloth strips wound spirally |
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| broadly comic; caricatured |
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| wrongly or badly conceived |
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| a person displaying great technical skill, usually in a fine art |
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| a reference to the magnificent palace built at Versailles by the French King Louis XIV |
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| very wealthy or rich; luxurious |
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| habitually silent or uncommunicative; having a restrained, quiet, or understand quality |
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| in the style of Provence, a region of southern France |
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| of a style characterized by profuse and delicate ornamentation, reduced scale, lightness and grace |
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| short, concise statements of principle; pointed sentences expressing wise or clever observations or general truths |
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| usually, the act of coming to or attaining, as a throne, power; here, an increase by something added |
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| odd, eccentric, or unexpected actions or bits of conduct |
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| a musical piece played at the end of a performance, play, or service while the audience or congregation is leaving |
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| an elderly woman of wealth and dignity |
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| having many kinds of parts or elements; of great variety |
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| warned of a future event; foretold |
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| sternness of look or manner; stinginess; the quality of showing strict self-discipline and self-denial |
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| one highly sensitive to art and beauty |
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| relating to the earliest times or ages |
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| boundary or limit; an end or final point |
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| not expressed or declared openly; understood |
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| slowly or dully apathetically; sluggishly |
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| the characteristic quality of sound that distinguishes one voice or musical instrument from another |
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| in bodily form; being a living example of |
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| the condition, quality, or fact of lacking harmony, agreement, or appropriateness |
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| having the quality of existing naturally as an inherent attribute |
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| of a quarrelsome or hostile nature; eager to fight |
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| serious thought; meditation |
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| to absorb and incorporate into one's thinking |
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