Sentence Completion

To transgress (v.) means to go beyond the limit or bounds of; usually in connection with a law.

Equivocal (adj.) means open to two or more interpretations, ambiguous and often intended to mislead; open to question, uncertain.

Overwrought (adj.) means labored to excess; anxious, agitated.

A waif (n.) is a stray; a homeless, neglected wanderer, especially a homeless child.

Urbane (adj.) means characterized by refined manners; elegant or sophisticated.

Mordant (adj.) means bitingly sarcastic or harshly caustic.

To beleaguer (v.) is to harass, beset, besiege.

Kinetic (adj.) means pertaining to motion or caused by motion.

To undermine (v.) means to subvert in an underhanded way.