| albeit |
notwithstanding; even though. |
| compulsion |
coercion or constraint; act of using force to bring about another's action. |
| impale |
to pierce and hold fast with a sharp-pointed instrument such as a spear. |
| impassable |
impossible to go past, through, over, or around. |
| indigent |
without financial means to live; needy; poor. |
| innumerable |
very many. |
| lateral |
about, from, or toward a side or sides; sideways. |
| myopia |
a visual defect in which distant images are focused in front of rather than on the retina; nearsightedness. |
| posterity |
all generations to come. |
| precept |
a basic rule, principle, or directive that guides action, moral conduct, or thought. |
| raconteur |
one who is talented in storytelling. |
| sensual |
related to or providing pleasure from the ways humans perceive stimuli, such as through touch, taste, or smell. |
| underscore |
to emphasize by, or as if by, drawing a line beneath. |
| usurp |
to take and hold (a right, position, office, or the like) illegally, wrongfully, or by force. |
| wizened |
shriveled or dried up. |