Rapture
a feeling of pure bliss
Glorious
wonderful
Sombre
serious and solemn
Hue
complexion
Illuminate
to shine light on
Mellow
easy-going
Tracery
a delicate branching pattern
accession
The elevation to a higher level of status or import.
actuate
To place in motion.
affectation
A conspicuous put-on of eccentric character traits or personality quirks normally foreign to one's makeup.
apprised
Information of the situation.
reconnoiter
An exploration of territory for strategic reasons.
comely
Attractive and charming.
indomitable
Unbreakable; incapable of being lessened, reduced or subdued.
concurrent
The state of two separate things coming together at the same time.
artifice
A strategic gambit based on deception or the pretension toward something entirely different.
sagacious
Particularly useful wisdom accumulated through experience with similar situations.
temerity
A show of self-confident courage.
topography
The surface features of a geographical area.
hoary
Old-fashioned and outdated; trite and boring.
cavilling
Evading the subject of a debate through the technique of raising irrelevant points.
conflagration
An enormous fire.
cupidity
A propensity toward demonstrating unbound greediness.
malefactor
An agent of wicked acts.
militate
A show of force or mighty influence usually in opposition to an entity or idea.
efficacious
Proven effective in producing the effect that was intended.
incipient
The point at which something comes into existence.
vacillating
Unsteady in one's belief; a state of indecisiveness.
venial
Insignificant enough to be easily forgiven or overlooked.
