Dowager- Widow who has right to property

Turpitude- Corrupt practice

Perspicacity- Keen

Modicum- Small amount of something

Vindictive- Revengeful

Condone- To allow or excuse

Subterfuge- A deceiving statement used to get what you want

Recalcitrant- Stubborn and uncooperative with the authority

Rapacious- Very greedy

Venal- Related to bribery

Antiquated- Old-fashioned, out-dated

Laconic- Using few words

Verbose- Wordy

Sonorous- Full of loud, deep sound

Prescient- Seeing into the future

Pusillanimous- Cowardly

Aloof- Rude, haughty, above everyone else

Adorn- To decorate

Palpable- Something that can be felt