| A | B |
|---|
| blight | disease or injury; impaired condition |
| sedulous | accomplished with careful diligence or perseverance |
| deleterious | hurtful |
| malignant | evil in nature |
| upbraided | criticize severely, scold |
| ascertain | to find out or learn with certainty, discover |
| capricious | impulsive, unpredictable |
| inexplicable | unexplainable |
| enigma | puzzle, mystery |
| reciprocate | to return or receive |
| pensiveness | musingly or dreamily thoughtful |
| scintillating | shining brilliantly, sparkling |
| columbines | plant with showy flowers |
| foliage | mass of leaves, vegetation |
| tremulously | exceedingly sensitive; timid |
| estranged | removed from customary associations |
| atheist | one who denies the existence of God |
| penitence | sorrowful for sins or faults |
| vehemently | marked by strong feeling or forcible expression |
| dolefully | causing or expressing grief, affliction, or sadness |
| transgress | to violate a divine law; sin |
| irrevocably | incapable of being revoked or taken back; unalterable |
| denizen | inhabitant |
| kindred | a group of related individuals |
| hierglyphics | writing in pictorial characters |
| manifest | to make evident or certain by display |
| picturesqueness | resembling a picture or suggesting a painted scene |
| imperiousness | commanding, arrogant, demanding |
| mollified | to soothe in temper or disposition; appease |
| preternatural | exceeding what is natural or regular in nature |
| typified | represent in a typical manner |
| prattle | trifling or empty talk, chatter |
| intangible | not capable of being touched, felt, or understood |
| steadfast | firm, loyal, faithful |
| inured | to accustom to accept something undesirable |
| gesticulate | to motion, gesture |
| canker | a source of corruption or debasement |
| vicissitude | fluctuations; alternating changes |
| exemplary | serving as an example. usually commendable |
| discourse | formal, orderly expression of thought on a subject |
| irrefragable | impossible to break or alter |
| obeisance | a movement of the body made in token or respect or submission; bow |
| sanctity | quality of being holy or sacred; godliness |
| ludicrous | laughable; amusing through obvious absurdity |
| uncouth | awkward, lacking polish or grace |
| mutability | capable of change in form quality or |
| comport | behave in a proper, fitting way |
| eccentricity | odd, bizarre behavior |
| stupefy | make stupid, groggy, insensible |
| potentate | one who wields great power or sway; ruler |
| plebians | common people |
| quaff | to drink deeply |
| effluence | something that flows out |
| effervescence | liveliness, exhilaration, bubbly |
| jocularity | playfulness, jolly |
| mien | appearance, aspect, bearing, demeanor |
| cordial | a drink, liqueur |
| posterity | offspring, descendants, future generations |
| depredations | plundering, ravishes |
| probity | uprightness, honesty |
| apothecary | one who prepares and sells drugs for medicinal purposes |
| necromacy | magic |
| surmise | idea based on scanty evidence; conjecture |
| plaintiveness | expressing suffering or woe; melancholy |
| undulate | to form or move in waves; fluctuate |
| languid | listless, sluggish, drooping |
| transitory | temporary, of brief duration |
| zenith | highest point |
| acute | sharp, keen |
| lore | something that is taught; traditions |
| apotheosized | idealized |
| transmute | to change form appearance or nature |
| escutcheon | protective ornamental plate |
| portent | sign, omen |
| nugatory | worthless |
