Ch 25

spirited:displaying animation, vigor, or livelinesstottered:tottering - unsteady in gait as from infirmity or old age; "a tottering skeleton of a horse"; "a tottery old man"sovereign:a nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary rightdawdle:linger: take one's time; proceed slowlygallivanting: wander aimlessly in search of pleasurecambric: a finely woven white linennursery:a child's room for a babytactlessly:without tact; in a tactless manner; "at the moment of the murder, he is standing in front of television cameras and talking tactlessly"boon:very close and convivial; "boon companions"shrewd:astute: marked by practical hardheaded intelligence; "a smart businessman"; "an astute tenant always reads the small print in a lease"; "he was too shrewd to go along with them on a road that could lead only to their overthrow"prophet:an authoritative person who divines the future