| annals |
a chronological record of events, usually year by year. |
| confound |
to perplex or bewilder; confuse. |
| deference |
respect for and submission to the desires, opinions, or judgments of another. |
| dissuade |
to urge or convince not to do something. |
| ensue |
to occur as the result of an earlier event. |
| frolicsome |
full of high spirits, gaiety, or merriment; playful. |
| indelible |
incapable of being removed or obliterated; permanent. |
| invertebrate |
without a backbone |
| misdemeanor |
in law, a class of illegal act that is less serious than a felony and carries a lighter sentence; minor offense. |
| obliterate |
to erase or make unrecognizable by erasing. |
| palpable |
easy to sense or perceive; obvious. |
| refract |
to bend (rays or waves of light, heat, sound, or the like) in passing (them) obliquely from one medium into another which transmits them at a different speed. |
| stolid |
neither feeling nor showing much range of emotion; impassive. |
| unproductive |
not yielding useful or helpful results; not fruitful. |
| vitality |
exuberance; energy; vigor. |