| A | B |
| denizen (n.) | inhabitants |
| accounterments (n.) | equipment |
| contiguous (adj.) -contiguity (n.) | contact or touching, neighboring, next in order or time |
| vicissitudes (n.) | a change in fortune or situation esp. for the worst |
| amble (v.) | to walk in a leisurly manner |
| impinge (v.) | used w/ "on" to make an impression or encroach |
| importune (v.) -importunity (n.) -importunate (adj) | to vex by demnding to often or unresonably |
| recumbent (adj.) -recumbency (n.) | reclining |
| wizened (adj.) | having a dried up or shriveled appearance |
| privation (n.) | complete or serious lack of the necessities of life |
| ensconce (v.) | to tuck oneself away, esp. in a snug or desirable place |
| epistle (n.) -epistolary (adj.) | a letter or a literary work caste in the form of a letter ( i.e. letter of st. paul caste to corinthians) |
| supernumerary (n/adj) | above the prescribed, extra (adj.) pt time worker (n.) |
| regenerate (v/adj) -regeneracy (n.) -unregenerate(adj.) | to give new life/ vigor; to restore to moral or spiritual heatlh |
| quixotic ( adj.) -ally(adj.) | striving for or characterized by lofty ideas in a ludicrous way b/c it is totally unrealistic |
| multifarious (adj.) | having great variety or diversity |
| apostasy (n.) | the public abandoning of a religious faith |
| inimical (adj.) | hostile or harmful |
| arable (adj.) | plowed or suited to plowing (of land) |
| reticent (adj.) -reticence(n.) | inclined to be reserved in behavior or speech |