haunt a place often visited.
rencontre a casual meeting, as with a friend.
pales narrow, upright, pointed stakes used in fences; pickets.
tractable easily managed, taught, or controlled; docile; compliant.
prodigious wonderful; amazing.
conjecture an inference, theory, or prediction based on guesswork.
scrape a disagreeable or embarrassing situation; predicament, especially when caused by one's own conduct.
officious offering unnecessary and unwanted advice; meddlesome.
avowal open acknowledgment or declaration.
disapprobation disapproval.
tumult great emotional disturbance; agitation of mind.
plantation a large, cultivated planting of trees.
depravity a depraved condition; corruption; wickedness.
pecuniary of or involving money.
in lieu of in place of; instead of.
obtruded to offer or force (oneself or one's opinions) upon others unasked or unwanted.
connivance passive cooperation, as by consent or pretended ignorance, especially in wrongdoing.
acquit to clear (a person) of a charge, as by declaring him or her not guilty.
affinity similarity of structure.
grossest most glaring; most flagrant; very worst.
infamous causing or deserving a bad reputation; scandalous.
