currently reading, 17 June 2011

• revelry n. lively and noisy festivities
• augury n. a sign of what will happen in the future; an omen
• repugnance n. intense disgust
• adjure v. to urge or request (someone) solemnly or earnestly to do something
• irresolutely adv. showing or feeling hesitancy; uncertain
• entreat v. to ask someone earnestly or anxiously to do something
• malefactor n. a person who commits a crime or some other wrong
• sagacious adj. having or showing keen mental discernment and good judgment; shrewd
• august adj. respected and impressive
• venal adj. showing or motivate by susceptibility to bribery
• chimera n. a thing that is hoped or wished for but in fact is illusory or impossible to achieve