malleable: capable of being shaped; also, adaptable.

rusticate: to go or send to the country.

gourmand: one who enjoys good food in great quantities.

provender: food or provisions.

Brobdingnagian: gigantic; enormous.

martinet: a strict disciplinarian.

benison: blessing; an utterance of good wishes.

affable: easy to speak to; also, gracious.

billingsgate: foul, abusive language.

obfuscate: to make obsure or unclear; also, to darken.

exegesis: critical explanation or analysis, especially of a text.

hoi polloi: the common people; the masses.

quiescent: at rest; still; inactive.