contrition
a feeling of repentance about one's actions
alchemist
a person engaged in alchemy, which is "a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life" (m-w.com)
libertine
a freethinker, one who does not abide by conventional morality
edict
an official law handed down by an authority
pyre
a large heap of material for a fire, usually to burn a body or carry out a sacrifice
jaundiced
exhibiting envy, distaste
diadem
crown
ennui
extreme boredom, weariness, dissatisfaction
ingratiating
trying to please
impudence
being contemptuous, insolent
ardent
extremely enthusiastic
succubus
a demon disguised as a woman who has sex with a man in his sleep
venal
having to do with bribery
cenobite
a person who is a member of and lives in a religious community
maw
mouth and teeth
chimeras
phantasms, illusions
suppliant
someone who pleads/entreats for something from someone
chlorosis
an iron-deficiency anemia, especially of adolescent girls, that may impart a greenish tint to the skin—called also greensickness; a diseased condition in green plants marked by yellowing or blanching (m-w.com)
languorous
a state of being tired, weak, indolent
lubricity
slipperiness; figuratively, a state of wantonness, lechery
undulant
wavy, curvy, sinuous
tamarind
a small fruit
lachrymal
crying, full of tears
tinctures
colors, characteristics
perfidious
faithless, treacherous
nepenthe
a potion to get rid of pain or sorrow
impotent
lacking power
pallid
pale
furtively
moving about in a quiet and secretive way
plaintive
expressing suffering, despair
banal
bland, commonplace
engulfs
completely covers
replete
full of
amorous
full of love
potent
powerful
sullied
dirtied, ruined
rout
a rabble, a crowd of people
lustre
shine
seraphic
like an angel
imbued
filled with
