Distrait: Divided or withdrawn in attention, especially because of anxiety.

Pecuniary: Relating to money.

Aubade: A song or poem greeting the dawn; also, a composition suggestive of morning.

Gelid: Extremely cold; icy.

Mondegreen: A word or phrase resulting from a misinterpretation, as in misheard lyrics.

Penchant: A strong liking.

Rapacious: Given to plunder; seizing by force; subsisting on prey. Grasping; greedy.

Verboten: Forbidden; prohibited.

Machination: A crafty scheme intended to accomplish some usually evil end.

Panjandrum: An important or self-important official.

Evince: To show in a clear manner; to manifest; to make evident; to bring to light.

Plenipotentiary: Containing or conferring full power; invested with full power.

Frangible: Capable of being broken; brittle; fragile; easily broken.

Veritable: Agreeable to truth or to fact; actual; real; true; genuine.

Prevaricate:To depart from or evade the truth.