| A | B |
|---|
| piety | religious devotion |
| dictum | authoritative announcement |
| taciturn | habitually untalkative |
| morbid | of or relating to death |
| predilection | partiality to something |
| foray | sudden raid or military advance |
| condescended | to descend to the level of one considered inferior |
| indigenous | originating and growing in a certain region or environment |
| entailment | to have, impose, or require as a necessary accompaniment or consequence |
| sojourn | to reside temporarily |
| judiciously | with good judgement; wisely |
| auspicious | attended by favorable cicumstances |
| expended | to use up, consume |
| tyranny | a government in which a single ruler is vested with absolute power |
| scuppernongs | a cultivated varitety of muscadine grape with sweet, yellowish fruit |
| devilry | reckless mischief |
| probate | the process of legally establishing the validity of a will before a judicial authority |
| tacit | not spoken, implied or inferred |
| benevolence | an inclination to perform kind, charitable acts |
| Rosetta Stone | a basalt tablet bearing inscriptions in Greek nad Egyptian hieroglyphic and demonic scripts that was discovered in 1799 |
| perpetrated | to be responsible for; commit |
| umbrage | offense, resentment |
| philippic | a verbal denunciation characterized by harsh, often insulting language |
| aloof | distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote |
