Vocabulary Exercises 109

placidpeaceful
melancholygloomy state of mind
ominousportending evil or harm
plutonianlike the underworld
pallidpale
chamberroom
investto put into
dynastyfamily of rulers
pagodatall Asian shrine
empiregroups of lands under the rule of one ruler
academicrelating to education
clarifyto make clear
confideto tell something in secret
discloseto uncover