on.

Elude. To evade; to circumvent.

Enigma. Concealed; difficult to comprehend.

Emaciated. Thin from want of food.

Emergency. The appointed time for a difficult matter.

Equinoctial. Referring to the time when the sun passes the
celestial equator.

Eventually. Finally; when a certain time has arrived.

Extricated. To rescue from.

Factions. Parties; tribes; clans.

Faculty. That quality or attribute of the mind or body, like
intelligence or strength.

Fandango. A Spanish dance in triple time.

Facility. Ease; without difficulty.

Fixed star. A heavenly body, supposedly like our sun, around
which certain planets revolve.

Flanking. Going around; at the sides.

Foundering. To sink, or to plunge downwardly.

Gangue. The dross matter in ore.

Gallopade. A brisk German dance in rapid measure.

Geologist. One who studies the structure of the earth.

Genial. A pleasant disposition.

Gravity. The attraction of mass for mass.

Guttural. A sound issuing forth from the lower part of the
throat.

Guardian. An individual appointed to care for the person of a
minor.

Harassment. To cause difficulties, troubles or worries.

Hemisphere. One half of a globe.

Heralded. To advertise; to notify; to inform.

Hornpipe. A very lively English country dance for one person.

Horizontal. A line at right angles to the center of the earth.
The surface of water is horizontal.

Hoodoos. Coined from the cry "hoo" of a child, and the Scotch
word "doo," meaning the cry of the dove. The general meaning
now being low characters.

Hypnotism. That quality which enables certain persons from
influencing others by some power of the mind.

Impervious. Of such a character that water will not go through.

Imbued. To instill in; to convince.

Impenetrable. So that it cannot be passed through or into.

Intricate. Not easily solved. Difficult to understand.

Installed. Set up; put into order. Built up.

Interpreted. Made plain. To decipher a foreign tongue.

Inevitable. Bound to come to pass; the natural course of events.

Incessant. Continually; without stopping.

Indescribable. Difficult to expl