| A | B |
|---|
| abomination | a disgusting or loathsome act |
| blanched | pale |
| calumny | hurtful lies; slander; false ill-willed statement |
| conjure | to summon |
| contiguous | connected or adjoining |
| corroborate | to support with more evidence, strengthening proof |
| dally | to waste time |
| defamation | the act of damaging a reputation by lying |
| dissemble | to hide behind a false appearance |
| enrapture | to give intense joy |
| inculcation | the steady teaching of an idea |
| inquisition | an extensive investigation |
| licentious | immoral, morally unrestrained and excessive; wanton |
| partisan | a supporter |
| propitiation | a pacifying or appeasement |
| providence | an example of God's care |
| smirch | to mark or soil |
| trepidation | a feeling of fear or anxiety |
| vindictive | inclined to seek revenge |
| ameliorate | to improve |
| crone | an old woman |
| deference | a submission to opinions of others |
| evasive | tryingto avoid answering |
| grapple | to struggle or fight |
| indignant | showing justified anger |
| monstrous | enormous |
| obstruct | to block |
| perplex | to confuse |
| quail | to pull back in fear |
| reprimand | to criticize harshly |
| taint | to corrupt morally |
| vengeance | the act of inflicting punishment or injury for an injury received |
| wily | clever |
| auger | a tool for boring holes |
| contentious | argumentative; inclined to quarrel |
| denounce | to accuse formally |
| effrontery | brashness; shamelessness |
| forbidding | having a menacing appearance |
| gait | the speed of proceeding |
| immaculate | free from error; perfect |
| imperceptible | barely noticeable |
| inaudibly | nto capable of being heard |
| probity | a complete honesty |
| prodigious | enormous |
| qualm | a doubt |
| remorseless | having no mercy or compassion |
| slovenly | untidy |
| sublime | supreme |
| transfix | to paralyze with horror or shock |
| undermine | to weaken or damage |
| unintelligible | not able to be understood |
| adamant | not responding to pleas; firm and unyielding |
| beguile | to deceive |
| conciliatory | trying to overcome disagreement |
| disputation | an argument |
| flail | to shake about wildly |
| gaunt | extremely pale |
| gibbet | gallows |
| penitence | the remorse or sorrow for one's sins |
| purge | to cleanse of sin |
| quavering | trembling |
| sibilance | a hissing sound |
| apparitions | ghost |
| covenanted | agreed, compacted |
| guile | cunning talk or conduct |
| indictment | to charge with a crime |
| iniquity | wicked or unjust act; sin |
| malign | to speak evil of |
| propriety | conformity with an accepted standard of behavior |
| purged | cleansed |
| theocracy | government by religion |
| trepidation | fear |
| inert | motionless |
