| A | B |
|---|
| singular | strange |
| perjure | swear falsely under oath |
| preternatural | beyond the bound of nature |
| elicit | draw forth |
| consolatory | offering solace or comfort |
| artifice | trick; stratagem |
| infer | deduce from another's implication |
| rending | tearing |
| reverberation | echoing sound |
| unwonted | unaccustomed |
| reprimand | to scold or to chastise |
| defer | postpone; give way to in respect |
| transient | passing (through) |
| perused | studied carefully |
| Lilliput | land of little people in Swift's Gulliver's Travels |
| Brobdignag | land of giants in Swift's Gulliver's Travels |
| cadence | rhythm; closing phrase of a musical piece |
| doleful | sad; melancholy |
| morbid | unwholesome; sickly; preoccupied with death |
| emulation | imitation with the purpose of improvement |
| prevalent | outstanding; dominant; widespread; widely accepted or practiced |
| allusion | implied or indirect reference |
| aversion | extreme dislike |
| execrations | curses |
| hiatus | stop; halt; break in continuity |
| capricious | whimsical; inconstant |
| usurious | overcharging (usury) |
| vehement | determined; passionate |
