Ironmongery- a Dealer in Metal Hardware, Locks, Etc

Stave One

• ironmongery- a dealer in metal hardware, locks, etc.
• unhallowed - unholy; not religious
• ramparts- fortification; a mound of earth raised around a place
• entreaty - to ask urgently
• trifle - something of very little value
• morose - gloomy
• impropriety - an improper act or remark
• resolute - determined; firmly set opinion
• homage - giving respect to; to hold in high regard
• facetious - joking - often inappropriately
• brazier- a metal receptacle for holding coals to heat a room
• misanthropic - a hater of humankind
• garret- an attic
• congenial - sympathetic; agreeable
• irresolution - uncertain how to act or proceed
• balustrades- a row of balusters (upright supports) topped by a rail
• waistcoat- similar to a man's vest
• caustic - corrosive; sharp
• waggish - mischievous; humorous
• remorse - a distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs
• benevolence - charitable; an act of kindness
• apparition - a supernatural appearance; a ghost

Stave Two

• opaque - blocking the passage of light
• preposterous - contrary to nature or reason; absurd
• perplexed- filled with uncertainty; puzzled
• endeavored - try; attempt
• recumbent - lying down; reclining
• fluctuated - to move up and down or back and forth; to waver
• supplication - to ask humbly; plead
• vestige - a trace or visible sign left by something lost or vanished
• condescension - to assume an air of superiority
• celestial - of or relating to the sky; heavenly
• terrestrial- of or relating to the earth or its inhabitants
• decanter - an ornamental glass bottle for serving wine
• chaise - a two wheeled horse-drawn carriage with a folding top
• avarice - excessive desire for wealth; greed
• supposition - something that is supposed; a hypothesis
• tumultuous - an uproar (a violent disturbance)
• uproarious - marked by uproar; could be: extremely funny
• brigands - a bandit
• boisterous- noisily turbulent or exuberant (unrestrained enthusiasm)
• despoil - to strip someone of their belongings, possessions, or valuables
• irrepressible - impossible to control
• haggard - having a worn or emaciated (become very thin) appearance

Stave Three

• apprehensive - viewing the future with anxiety
• spontaneous - done freely or naturally; taking place without external force or cause
• combustion - an act of burning
• consolation - the soothe or comfort
• predicament - a difficult or trying situation
• petrification- to make stiff from fear
• capacious - able to hold much of something
• artifice- trick or trickery
• scabbard - a sheath for the blade of a weapon (such as a sword)
• compulsion - an irresistible impulse to perform an act
• diffuse - wordy; not concentrated
• jovial - marked by good humor
• parapets - a protecting rampart; a low wall or railing (as at the edge of a bridge)
• apoplectic - showing symptoms of a stroke
• opulence- wealth; abundance
• demurely - modest; reserved
• conspicuous - attracting attention; prominent
• filberts - a sweet thick-shelled nut
• officious - volunteering one's services where they are neither asked for or needed
• livid - discolored by bruising; could be: very angry or enraged
• heresy - the rejection of the established beliefs of a religion
• penitence- filling sorrow for sins or offenses
• rebuke - a reprimand ( to blame for )
• odious - deserving hatred or repugnance ( a strong dislike of )
• plaintive - expressive of suffering or woe ( deep suffering from misfortune or grief )
• scanty - barely sufficient
• desolation - deserted; abandoned; lonely
• contortions - to twist out of shape
• credulity - inclined to believe
• execrable - detestable; very bad
• perversion - turned away from what is right or good; corrupt

Stave Four

• shroud - something that covers or screens; to screen from view
• pendulous - hanging loosely
• excrescence - an abnormal outgrowth ( as a wart )
• latent - present but not visible or active
• slipshod - careless
• cesspools - an underground pit or tank for receiving household sewage; a filthy or corrupt situation
• offal - a waste or byproduct of a process (animal organs)
• repress - to restrain; to exclude from consciousness
• successor - one that succeeds (into the throne, estate, or office)

Stave Five

• illustrious - outstanding; famous; great; prominent
• array - to dress splendidly; to arrange in order
• feign - to give a false appearance of; pretend
• alteration - to make or become different
• malady - a disease or disorder of the body or mind