<p>Stave 3 Vocabulary 1. adamant: refusing to change one's mind 2. affability: friendliness 3. affront: an insult 4. apoplectic: extremely angry, indignant 5. apprehensive: nervous 6. aromatic: having a pleasant smell 7. artful: tricky, sly, crafty 8. artifice: a trick, something used to deceive 9. baleful: threatening harm, menacing 10. bedight:to dress, decorate 11. biffins: red cooking apples 12. blithe: happy, joyous, cheerful 13. cant: talk hypocritically, phony talk 14. compulsion: urge 15. condensed: shortened 16. consolation: comfort 17. contagious: spread from one person to another 18. credulity: ready to believe, even if there isn't a reason to 19. daws: black and grey birds 20. declension: decline 21. degradation: a worsening of something 22. desolation: misery, loneliness 23. elicited: brought out, drew out from someone or something 24. execrable: very bad, wretched 25. factious: disagreements among people 26. furze: a type of shrub 27. genial: friendly, cheerful 28. grog: alcoholic drink 29. heresy: going against what is commonly believed 30. imperceptibly: hardly noticeable 31. inaudible: not able to be heard 32. intricate: very complicated or detailed 33. jovial: cheerful, happy 34. lustily: joyfully, merrily 35. mirth: humor, glee, merriment 36. moor: a tract of upland, a heath 37. odious: hateful 38. opulence: richness 39. parapet: a low protective wall along a roof, bridge 40. penitence: sorrow for wrongs done 41. perversion: behavior that is considered unacceptable or wrong 42. petrification: the process of turning to stone 43. plaintive: sounding sad 44. precepts: general rules or principles 45. prodigiously: greatly 46. profound: deep, thorough 47. prostrate: lying face down 48. protruded: stuck out 49. revelled: celebrated, partied 50. scabbard: a sheath or case for a sword 51. scanty: few, a small amount 52. sidled: walk in a timid or fearful manner 53. spectre, specter: a ghost, spirit 54. submissively: willing to submit 55. swarthy: dark 56. ubiquity: being everywhere 57. unconstrained: free, not held back</p>