vocabulary

1. very briefly, giving only the main points.
4. an urge to a particular characteristic or type of behavior
8. the quality of being noble in character, mind, birth, or rank.
9. relating to an empire
10. based on, concerned with, or verifiable by observation or experience rather than theory or pure logic.

2. fail to resist pressure, temptation, or some other negative force.
3. a boring, studious, socially, inept person
5. absolve (someone) from blame for a fault or wrongdoing
6. equivalent in seriousness to; virtually the same.
7. to waste time, especially by being slow, or by not being able to make a decision