| captivate |
to charm or fascinate, as by beauty or wit; enthrall. |
| evanescent |
tending to disappear like vapor; vanishing; fleeting. |
| folio |
a large sheet of paper that has been folded once to form two leaves or four pages of a book or manuscript. |
| indisposed |
slightly and temporarily ill, as with indigestion or a cold. |
| leaven |
to produce fermentation in (dough or batter), consequently causing the dough or batter to rise in the process of baking. |
| macabre |
of, pertaining to, depicting, or evoking death or the horrors of death; gruesome; ghastly. |
| mania |
an extreme desire or enthusiasm. |
| menagerie |
a collection of usually wild or exotic animals, or the place where they are exhibited. |
| preclude |
to prevent from happening by means of prior action or previously established condition. |
| promontory |
a high cliff that sticks out into a large body of water or that rises above an area of lower land. |
| proscribe |
to make illegal or prohibit. |
| psychiatrist |
a medical doctor who treats people with mental and emotional illnesses. |
| retrograde |
moving or tending to move in a backward direction; retreating. |
| salubrious |
favorable to good health; healthy; wholesome. |
| shroud |
to screen or conceal. |