| A | B |
|---|
| surcease | end |
| obeisance | gesture of respect by a subordinate to a superior |
| mien | the countenance and bearing of a person |
| beguile | to charm, to trick |
| countenance | facial expression |
| craven | very cowardly |
| discourse | to speak, converse |
| dirge | a sad song, melancholy poem, a lamentation |
| ominous | threatening, sinister |
| balm | a healing ointment |
| respite | a break |
| undaunted | unflinchingly brave, courageous, fearless |
| cornice | projecting decorative molding along the top of a building |
| surmised | guessed |
| oppresses | weighs heavily on the mind; afflict; burden |
| finite | have measurable or definable limits |
| infinity | endless or unlimited space, time, or distance |
| heft | weightily |
| throe | pang, spasm; a hard or painful struggle |
| interpose | insert; step between |
| abeyance | temporary suspension |
| effuse | pour out |
| stealthily | secretly |
| blithe | happy, cheerful |
| salient | standing out from the rest |
| tempest | a violent storm |
| stark | stiff, rigid; or bare |
| guile | craftiness, trickery |
| myriad | countless |
| repose | state of rest |
| degenerate | morally corrupt, debased; or to deteriorate |
| chronicles | historical account of events arranged in order of time without interpretation or analysis |
| insidious | secretly treacherous |
| digress | depart temporarily from the main subject |
| malingers | pretends to be ill |
| meticulous | extremely careful about details |
| obtuse | slow to understand or perceive |
| tedious | tiresome because of length or dullness |
| voluminous | of enough material to fill volumes |
| dogma | authoritative doctrines or beliefs |
| palpable | able to be touched, felt, or handled |
| derivative | not original; based on something else |
| literalists | those who take words at their exact meaning |
| insolence | rudeness, boldness; contemptuous |
| triviality | of little note, not worthy; insignificant |
