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anesthetic
a drug that causes temporary loss of bodily sensations
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apathetically
showing little or no emotion
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appease
cause to be more favorablly inclined
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appendenge
an extermal body part that projects from the body
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bough
any of the larger branches of a tree
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brimstone
an old name for sulphur
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bristle
to rise up as in fear
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capsize
to overturn accidentally
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chide
censure severly of angerily
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conception
a general understanding or thought of something
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conflagration
a very intense and uncontrolled fire
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conjectural
based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence
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customary
usual for somebody or characteristic of somebody's usual behavior
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ebb
the flowing backward of water or decline of something
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excruciate
to torment emotionally or mentally, subject to torture
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flotsam
the floating wreckage of a ship
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flounder
walk with great difficulty
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fraility
the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age)
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imperceptible
impossible or difficult to perceive by the mind or senses
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intangible
not capable of being perceived by the sense of touch
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jowl
the jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth
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manipulation
thhe action of touching with the hands (or the skillful use of the hands) or by the use of mechanical means
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methodically
done according to a systematic or established form of procedure
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mincingly
affectedly dainty or delicate
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monotonously
lacking in variety in a repeated manner
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pall
something that covers/spreads over darkness or gloom
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peremptorily
in an imperative and commanding manner
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poignant
keemly distressing to the mind or feelings/Arousing effect
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reiterate
to say, state, or perform again
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sidle
to move obtrusively or furtively, move sideways
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smite
to affect suddenly with deep feelings
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speculatively
theoretical, rather than practical
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spittle
a clear liquid secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands and mucous glands of the mouth, moistens the mouth
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temperamental
subject ti sharply varying moods
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throttle
kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off air
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totter
to move without being stable, as if threatening to fall
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undulation
wavelike motion; a gentle rising and falling in the manner of waves
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unwonted
out of the ordinary
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wistfulness
a sadly pensive longing
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yearn
desire strongly or persistently
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