| A | B |
|---|
| savory | having a pleasant smell or quality |
| pad | horse with an easy pace |
| amorous | being in love or strongly moved by love |
| consternation | amazement or dismay |
| cavernous | full of caves |
| parapet | a low wall |
| inevitably | unavoidably |
| unwisdom | lack of knowledge |
| perplexed | confused, in doubt |
| vexation | irritation, annoyance |
| covet | desire strongly |
| Achilles | one of the heroes of Homer's epic poem The Iliad |
| altimeter | instrument for measuring altitude |
| undulating | rising and falling |
| tempering | making less strong |
| ingratiating | flattering |
| tentatively | hesitantly |
| tact | skill and grace in dealing with others |
| diplomacy | the art of conducting negotiations between nations |
| pariah | outcast |
| aghast | shocked |
| gambolled | skipped or ran playfully |
| reiterated | repeated |
| abominable | detestable, hated |
| timorously | fearfully, timidly |
| imperialism | one country's forcing its way of life on another country |
| censure | to condemn |
| oppressed | overcome, held down |
| miry | muddy |
| agony | severe pain or suffering |
| senility | mental or physical feebleness brought on by old age |
| enigmatic | mysterious |
| tsotsi | hoodlums, delinquents |
| Afrikaans | language spoken in the Republic of South Africa |
| high Afrikaans | complex and literary form of Afrikaans used by the more educated |
| asperity | harshness |
| morose | gloomy |
| coup | a sudden overturn or upset |
| impassively | giving no sign of emotion |
| adders | poisonous African snakes |
| wantonly | playfully cruel, maliciously |
| chastened | subdued |
| depraved | corrupted |
| notoriously | widely known, usually unfavorably |
| evinces | reveals |
| conjectural | pertaining to guesswork |
| unwonted | unusual |
| conflagration | large, destructive fire |
| flotsam | floating debris |
| apathetically | listlessly, unemotionally |
| sidled | moved sideways warily or with short, cautious steps |
| poignant | physically painful or mentally distressing |
