| brevity |
shortness of duration. |
| carouse |
to revel in a boisterous and drunken manner. |
| comely |
pleasing in appearance. |
| culpable |
guilty of a mistake or fault; blameworthy. |
| divest |
to take rights or property away from; dispossess, especially by legal means. |
| illicit |
not permitted by custom or law; illegitimate. |
| indisposed |
slightly and temporarily ill, as with indigestion or a cold. |
| memoir |
an account of facts or events based primarily on the author's personal experience. |
| pauper |
a very poor person who must live on public money. |
| protuberance |
that which projects; bulge or bump. |
| revulsion |
violent dislike and disgust; abhorrence; loathing. |
| semblance |
outward form; appearance. |
| solemnize |
to carry out the formalities of performance required by (an occasion). |
| transgression |
the act or an instance of violating a law, religious commandment, or the like; sin; crime; trespass. |
| vitality |
exuberance; energy; vigor. |