enrapture: to delight, to thrill guile: cunning, clever, use of a dishonest trick wither: shriveled, shrunken, dried-up surfeit: an overabundant amount emulate: to try to be like another through imitation tyro: a beginner; a novice yore: long ago; former days abyss: bottomless pit; void loiter: hang around; linger cajole: to coax or persuade someone to do something they didn't want to do lieu: instead of; in place of evoke: to summon forth; produce; suggest infamy: evil reputation deduce: to prove (figure out) through using evidence permeate: to flow or spread through amplify: to make larger, louder, or more powerful ostracize: to exclude from a group; to shun capacious: roomy, able to hold much fleece: to swindle, trick; also the wool of a sheep or similar animal parry: to evade, ward off a blow, avoid skillfully fickle: likely to change disparage: to put down; ridicule volition: the act of choosing; the will entreat: to beg; to plead optimum: the best condition, degree, or amount couture: fashion and fashion designers quandary: dilemma; difficult or uncertain situation scapegoat: one who is made an object of blame for others
