| A | B |
|---|
| austerity | condition of lacking pleasure or luxury; strict; stern; ascetic |
| beguile | to trick; to deceive; to mislead; to persuade with charm |
| cloister | place where members of a religious community live |
| dote | to love with foolish fondness |
| extenuate | to lessen the magnitude or seriousness of, esp. to make excuses for |
| feign | to pretend; to fake |
| idolatry | false worship |
| reveling | enjoying festivities |
| dissemble | to pretend; to lie |
| promontory | peak of land that juts out |
| wanton | shameless; immoral; lewd |
| bequeath | to leave to or pass on to, as in a will |
| chide | to scold or reproach; to voice disapproval |
| entreat | to beg; to plead |
| rebuke | to reprimand; to chide |
| discourse | conversation |
| enmity | hostility |
| paragon | model of perfection |
| amends | something done to make up for a fault or mistake |
| audacious | bold; excessively daring; fearless |
| gait | manner of walking |
| premeditated | planned; thought out beforehand |
| reprehend | to find fault with |
| satire | literary work exposing human vices, shortcomings to ridicule and scorn |
| transfigure | to change |
| auditor | listener; examiner; assessor |
| churl | bad-mannered person; a rude, boorish, surly person |
| concord | agreement |
| discord | disagreement |
| sentinel | guard; sentry; lookout |
| hoary | snowy; silver; ancient |
| leviathan | large beast or sea monster |
| dulcet | sweet; melodic; pleasing to the ear; euphonious |
| disparage | to belittle; to ridicule; to vilify |
| officious | bossy; self-important; overbearing |
| dotage | old age; senility |
| rote | mechanical repetition of something so that it is remembered, often without real understanding of its meaning or significance |
| dole | sorrow; grief; dolor |
| bower | a shady leaf-covered recess; an arbor |
| Bacchanal | a noisy, drunken celebration or spree or a participant in such festivals |
| wane | to decline in power, intensity, influence, importance; to become gradually smaller or weaker; to draw to an end or close |
| pomp | showy, splendid or magnificent display; ostentation |
| vexation | annoyance; irritation |
| lamentable | pitifully sorrowful, regrettably unfortunate |
| extempore | without preparation; unrehearsed; of-hand; impromptu |
| progeny | offspring; children; descendents |
| dissension | disagreement, especially one that causes hostility within a group; quarrel; discord; strife |
| entice | to tempt; to lure; to attract ; to allure |
| dank | unpleasantly damp |
| flout | to scorn or mock (as in a rule) to disobey; to treat with contempt |
| disdainful | scornful and contemptuous; rejected as unworthy |
| orb | globe; sphere |
| harbinger | forerunner; herald; portent; omen; indication |
| surfeit | excess or overindulgence, especially in food and drink; to supply or feed to excess |
| prologue | introduction |
| odious | hateful; offensive; disgusting; repugnant |
| preposterous | ridiculous; obviously absurd; contrary to reason |
| derision | ridicule; mockery |
| sojourn | temporary stay, visit; to stay, visit, or reside temporarily |
| amiable | friendly; good-natured; pleasant; cordial; congenial; social |
| upbraid | to school or criticize severely; to reproach; to reprimand |
| enamor | to inflame or fill with love; to charm ; to captivate |
| laothe | to dislike intensely; to detest; to abhor |
| visage | face; appearance; countenance |
| amity | peaceful or friendly relations; friendship |
| seethe | to be disturbed or agitated; to boil |
| tedious | tiresomely long , dull; wearisome |
| epilogue | concluding speech or poem spoken directly to the audience at the end of a play; the concluding part of a literary work |
