| acolyte |
a person who assists a clergyman in religious services, especially Roman Catholic. |
| amenable |
willing to respond, agree, or submit; agreeable; pliable. |
| cupidity |
exceptional desire for money or other material possessions; greed. |
| eddy |
to move or turn in circles or eddies. |
| effigy |
a likeness of a person, usually sculpted, as on a tomb. |
| erroneous |
containing or based on a mistake; incorrect. |
| folio |
a large sheet of paper that has been folded once to form two leaves or four pages of a book or manuscript. |
| intemperance |
lack of restraint in the indulgence of an appetite, especially the consumption of alcohol. |
| lieu |
the place formerly occupied by something or someone. |
| macabre |
of, pertaining to, depicting, or evoking death or the horrors of death; gruesome; ghastly. |
| marquee |
a canopy or a covering like a roof over the entrance to a building. The marquee over a theater shows the title of the current play or film and sometimes the names of the actors. |
| noxious |
harmful, dangerous, or destructive, especially to health. |
| rivulet |
a tiny stream or brook; trickle. |
| slur |
to speak of disparagingly; belittle. |
| verbose |
using or characterized by many or superfluous words; wordy. |