lethargic = drowsy; dull; N. lethargy: state of sluggishness
and inactivity
paraphernalia = equipment; odds and ends used in a particular activity; personal belongings; Ex. Photographic paraphernalia; mores = conventions; moral standards; moral customs



integrate = make whole; combine; make into one unit
dispatch = speediness; prompt execution; message sent
with all due speed; V: send to a specified destination;
finish promptly; kill
knead = mix; work dough; mix and work into a uniform
mass (with the hands); Ex. knead dough
spry = (esp. of older people) vigorously active; nimble
addiction = compulsive habitual need
bizarre = fantastic; violently contrasting; noticeably odd;
strikingly unconventional
humane = marked by kindness or consideration; kind
and compassionate; humanitarian
sycophant = servile flatterer; bootlicker; yes man; ADJ.
sycophantic
swear-word = word considered offensive; Ex. .bloody.
sedate = composed (with no excitement); grave; V: administer
a sedative to; CF. sedative
abet = assist usually in doing something wrong; encourage
monograph = scholarly article
preternatural = beyond what is normal in nature; supernatural;
Ex. preternatural strength/forces
jurisdiction = right and power to apply the law; authority
despoil = plunder; sack; Ex. despoil the village
voluminous = having great volume (as of a garment or
container); bulky; large
dapper = neat and trim (in appearance); (of small men)
neat in appearance and quick in movements; neat; spry
sleigh = large vehicle drawn by a horse over snow or ice
sullen = silently showing ill humor or resentment; dark;
Gloomy