Apathy
Indifference
Defy
Openly resist
Gratification
A source of pleasure
Conceited
Vain and egotistical
Mundane
Unexciting; everyday
Perplexed
Completely baffled
Haste
Hurried movement
Imperial
Royal
Placidly
Calmly; serenely
Rubicund
Ruddy; hale; healthy
Doughty
Heroic
Wont
Apt to do something
Doggedly
Stubbornly
Antimacassar
A cover that protects the back or arms of furniture
Dubiously
Skeptically
Credulity
Openness to believing something, even if there is not much evidence for it
Betokened
Showed; presaged
Avaricious
Greedy
Bibulous
Fond of liquor
Stammered
Spoke in a halting way as if trying to get the words out
