Truancy- skipping or bunking  school for no valid reason.

Umbrage- To be offended or angered by something rude

Vermilion-  Refers to or describes a shade of the colour red 

Waggish - humorous in a playful, mischievous, or facetious manner.

Xanthous: of, relating to, or designating races with yellowish hair and a light complexion;

having yellowish, red, auburn, or brown hair;

marked by yellow coloration

Yuletide - (n.) the Christmas season, (adj.) of or relating to the Christmas season

Zeitgeist – The general mood of a period of history based on the prevailing beliefs at the time. 

During the Joseon era, the current zeitgeist was all for multiple wives,

Atemporal - existing or considered without relation to time

Bravo: used to express approval when a performer or other person has done something well.

Constriction: the process of becoming tighter and narrower, or something that makes you feel that this is happening;

Drama - 1. a play for theater, radio, or television 2. an exciting, emotional, or unexpected series of events or set of circumstances.

Egregious- Used to describe something that is obviously very bad or shocking

Fingerboard: a strip of wood on the neck of a stringed musical instrument against which the strings are pressed in playing.

Grok - understand (something) intuitively or by empathy

Haberdasher: someone whose job is selling cloth, pins, thread, etc. used for sewing, or a shop where these things are sold


Impetus - the force that makes something happen or happen more quickly


Jumboree:  a noisy celebration;