- desolation (noun): devastation; barrenness
- refuge (n): safety
- exquisite (adj): special beauty; intense feeling of either pleasure or pain
- divert (v): change direction; redirect attention
- perversion (n): make a change from what is natural to what is unnatural/abnormal
- indomitable (adj): unbeatable
- inimical (adj): harmful; hostile; unfriendly
- lacerated (adj): savagely cut or sliced; torn
- obliquely (adv): indirectly, coming at an angle and not straight on
- ochre (adj): yellowish orange colour
- trussed (adj): tied tightly; bound up to prevent movement
- propinquity (n): proximity; the state of being close or near to another
- audacity (noun): boldness; gall
- deputed (verb): to be given responsibility for something
- derision (n): ridicule; scorn
- dissemble (v): to lie
- dissimulation (n): the act of lying; being deceitful
- pitch (noun/adjective): tar; black
- tattoo (n): rhythmic rapping
- vex (v): to irritate
These are the NEW/CORRECTED words to be added to this vocabulary list:
- punctually (adv): on time; not late
- bewildered (adj): confused
- congeal (verb): to clot; to solidify; to coagulate
- trifle (noun): an item of little value or importance
- luxuriate (verb): to enjoy a self-indulgent delight
- well (verb): (of a liquid) to rise to the surface and spill; (of an emotion) to become more intense
- hysterically (adv): laughing or crying intensely for a prolonged period of time
- exasperated (adj): irritated intensely; infuriated
