| A | B |
| epithet | a short word or phrase representing someone |
| evasive | avoiding intentionally |
| evoke | bring forth |
| perpetuate | carry on |
| foreshadow | give a hint of the future |
| infer | read between the lines |
| laudable | deserving praise |
| lucid | clear |
| scrutinize | examine closely |
| symposium | a group conference |
| accentuate | emphasize; heighten |
| ambiguous | unclear |
| comprehensive | complete; thorough |
| felicitous | appropriate |
| intricacy | complexity |
| provocative | stimulating; pushing to action |
| rhetorica | effective use of words in composition |
| usurp | to take power or position |
| vernacular | slang; everyday language |
| introspective | looking inward |
| allegory | symbolic story |
| conjecture | opinion without proof |
| despicable | contemptible; disgusting |
| dissolute | wicked; undisciplined |
| ferocity | state of being fierce |
| incongruous | not appropriate; not conforming to a pattern |
| misanthrope | a person who distrusts other people |
| prologue | introductory part |
| protagonist | main character |
| terse | brief and too the point |
| noun | person, place, thing, idea |
| pronoun | takes the place of the noun |
| adjective | modifies a noun or pronoun |
| verb | shows action or state of being |
| adverb | modifies a verb, adjective, or adverb |
| preposition | shows a relationship between a noun or pronou and another part of the sentence |
| conjunction | connects |
| interjection | shows emotion |
| articles | a, an, the |
| conditional | what might happen; uses if |