A Gorilla in the Guest Room

 A Gorilla in the Guest Room

Cease - stop

To weed out- to remove 

Extinction- a situation in which a species stop existing

Melancholy-sad and depressing 

Massive- large

Emergent- coming up

Faye- destiny ,future

Exterminated -  wiped out

Convinced- did not believe

Grip- hold

Repressed- stopped from being expressed 

Sternly- strictly 

Basilisk- a creature like a snake which can kill people by looking at them or breathing on them 

Nonchalantly- indifferently 

Brutally- extremely cruel or harsh

Overdraft- an amount of money that is spent by someone using a bank account that is more than the amount available in the account 

Out of your mind- mad

Stark staring mad- completely mad

Austerely-plainly

Infested with- full of

Waltzing- dancing

Pessimistic- negative thinking 

Antisocial-against the society 

Bewilderment- surprise 

Drowned- covered completely 

Chortling- laughing loudly in amusement 

Dotty- silly

Captivity- enclosed

peer- look

grave- serious

courteous-humble

lolling- to lie or sit in a relaxed manner

plied- kept supplying

homage-respect

potentate- a rular who has a lot of power

incredibly- unbelievably

captivated- influenced

hiatus- a pause in activity

exemplary- extraordinary

bore- carried

inebriated- heavily drunk

nook and cranny- every part of a space

sojourn- a perod of time when you stay in a place as a guest 

hoovering-cleaning

alehouse- a where people used to drink wine

re-incarcerated- expressing grief

inevitable-unavoidable

peevish- irritable

hysterics- a situation in which people behave in an uncontrolled way

disposition- nature

hedge-bushes

lolling-sitting or lying relaxed

gleam- shine

earnest -keen

eccentric- temperamental

exuberant-happy and energetic

morose- dull

melancholy- sad

anthropoids- any of a suborder of higher primates

procure- obtain

bated breath-restrained breath

acrimonious- angry and bitter

glossy- shiny

sheen-smooth and shiny

lustrous- shining

intrepid- fearless

machete- a broad and heavy knife

glancing blow-incidental attack

envinced- revealed or showed

woebegone- looking very sad

fraught- having a lot of worry

sullenness- unhappiness

sidled- walked in a sly way

palatial- very huge

squatted- to sit on heels

darting- moving

belligerent- hostile

contemplating- thinking

immobility- without moving

spectator- audience 

bizarre- strange

swaggering- walking in a confident way

sauntered- walk in a leisurely way

indignation- anger

exalted -noble and high

succulent- juicy

thwarted- opposed, contradicted

suffragette- one working for the rights of women

Jousts- arguments

protocol- a system of rules that explains the correct conduct and procedures

snuggled- got closer in a warm and comfortable position

introspective- process of examining your own thoughts or feelings

despondency- hopelessness

prelude- something that comes before and leads to something else

salient- very important or noticeable

apprised- to give information to someone

erudite- learned

futile- useless

sepulchral- looking sad and serious

disembodied- as if deprived from body

blight- harm

apace- at a fast speed

ornithologists-a person who studies birds

look off colour- dull

exuberance- liveliness and energy

gaunt- lean and thin

rotund- fat and round

paunch- belly

declivity- downward inclination

melancholia- sadness

subterfuge- a secret , dishonest way of behaving

apathetic- not showing much interest

prodded- persuade, force

jubilant- happy

consensus- a general agreement about something

enticed- attracted

emaciated- lean and thin

in a quandary- in dilemma

salvation-something that saves someone from a difficult situation

appraised- to give your opinion about the condition

inveigle- achieve control over somebody in a clever way