| apostate |
a person who abandons his or her religious faith, principles, cause, or the like. |
| arable |
capable of being farmed. |
| capricious |
tending to act on impulse; subject to whim; erratic and unpredictable. |
| demure |
quiet, shy, modest, or reserved in manner. |
| evocative |
tending or able to call forth images, memories, feelings, and the like. |
| fleck |
a small patch of light or color. |
| heretofore |
prior to this time; before now. |
| landlocked |
without any access to the sea. |
| meander |
to wind back and forth. |
| monotony |
tiresome lack of variation. |
| morass |
something that hinders passage or engulfs an unwary person. |
| odium |
hatred, strong dislike, or repugnance. |
| pacifist |
one who opposes war and refuses to practice or acknowledge violence as a way of settling disputes or resisting aggression. |
| stanza |
a group of related lines in a poem that make up one section within the poem. Stanzas often have a regular meter and rhyme pattern. |
| tangential |
barely connected to or touching a subject. |