| A | B |
|---|
| accost | to approach in an agressive way |
| preclude | to make impossible, as by action taken in advance; prevent |
| bewildered | befuddled, confused |
| connoisseur | an expert judge |
| explicit | clearly stated |
| implore | to ask earnestly; to beg |
| jest | to joke |
| retribution | punishment for a crime or misdeed |
| sufficient | as much as is needed; enough |
| gesticulation | a deliberate, vigorous motion or gesture |
| impunity | freedom from punishment, penalty, injury or loss |
| awe | to inspire deep respect mixed with fear and wonder |
| cynically | doubting the sincerity or goodness of human motives or actions |
| deprive | to take soemthing away from |
| haggard | having a worn look from fatigue, anxiety, or hunger |
| incredulously | showing doubt or disbelief |
| insolently | rudley, bodly, disrespectfully |
| raucous | rough sounding, harsh |
| renounce | to give up, abandon, or resign, usulaly by formal declaration |
| simultaneous | existing, occurring, or accomplished at the same time |
| solemnly | seriously |
| bureaucrat | an offical who follows a fixed routine |
| deter | to keep or discourage a person from doing something |
| grandeur | splendor; beauty |
| quadruplicate | one of a set of four; multiplied by 4 |
| quatrain | a 4-line stanza |
| perplexity | the state of being confused or puzzled |
| radiantly | glowingly; feeling of happiness |
| threshold | an entrance |
| unrepentant | not feeling sorrow or regret for wrong doing |
| wretchedly | unhappily; miserably |
| buoyant | having the power to keep something afloat |
| chivalry | spirit or character of the idal knight: honor, courtesy, generousity |
| conscientiously | thoughtfully and carefully |
| contrition | a feeling of sorrow for wrongdoing; repentance |
| feat | a noteworthy act or deed |
| gravely | solemnly and with dignity |
| loom | to appear large or thrreatening |
| myriad | a great number of persons or things |
| promontory | a peak of high land that juts out into a body of water |
| supplication | a humble request, prayer, petition |
| bicker | to take part in a petty, noisy quarrel |
| derisive | showing ridicule; mocking |
| distraught | mentally confused or bewildered; distracted |
| inscrutable | mysterious; that cannot be easily understood |
| insinuate | to suggest directly; imitate |
| pandemonium | wild disorder or uproar |
| rend | to split or tear apart or into peices forcibly or violently |
| scornfully | hatefully; contemptuously |
| tousle | to put into disorder; dishevel |
| vaguely | unclearly; not precisely |
| detachment | standing apart; lack of interest |
| eccentric | out of the ordinary; not usual; odd |
| malevolent | evil; spiteful |
| optimism | tendency to look on the bright side of things |
| profound | very deep; very great; deeply felt |
| repertoire | list of plays, operas, parts, peices that a company is prepared to perform |
| revelation | the thing made known |
| tyrannical | cruel; unjust |
| vapid | without much life or flavor; tasteless, dull |
| morbid | forrible; gruesome; grisly |
