| A | B |
|---|
| Both tangible and tangible can | be touched or felt |
| Quarry | something that is being hunted |
| Cossacks | member of the Russian noble class |
| A baronial hall is the residence | of a baron |
| Affable | friendly |
| The Crimea and the Caucasus | were part of southern USSR |
| A debacle is a great | disaster |
| To condone is to forgive or | overlook |
| Scruples can be considered | moral rules |
| A knouter was a person | who whipped criminals in Russia |
| Folies Bergere | French theatrical revue |
| Au revoir means | until we meet again |
| Futile | utterly hopeless and ineffective |
| Imperative | required, necessary or urgent |
| Madame Butterfly | opera composed by Puccini |
| Marcus Aurelius | Roman emperor and philosopher |
| Dublin | major city in Ireland |
| Beleagured suggests being | attacked from all sides |
| Ascetic | self-denying of all worldly pleasures |
| Ruse | a trick or plan to fool someone |
| Foray | sudden attack or raid |
| Nape | back part of the neck |
| Rejuvenated | made young again |
| Juveniles are | young people |
| Indelible | unable to be erased |
| Stanched | stopped |
| Stanched is also spelled as | staunched |
| Avenger | one who gets revenge |
| Spanish and Italian are two | Latin languages |
| Barbaric | uncivilized, cruel and brutal |
| Bland | mild, tasteless, boring |
| Barleycorn is an obsolete unit | of measurement |
| Retribution can be called | payback time |
| treading an epithalamic measure | is dancing a wedding dance |
| Tribunal | court of justice |
| Courtiers are those who | serve at the king's court |
| Ardor | an intense feeling; passion |
| Moiety | a half |
| Undeleterious | benign |
| Apparition | anything that appears |
| Bas-relief | sculptures that are almost flat |
| Court plaster | much like a bandaid |
| Buffalo Bill's show | Cowboys and Indians |
| Rubberneck | gawk |
| Dastadly | mean, sneaky and cowardly |
| David killed Goliath with a | slingshot |
| Goliath was a | Philistine |
| King Herod was a | wicked man |
| Peremptory | expecting blind obedience |
| Chaw bacon | a hick from the sticks |
| Whiskerando | an old-timer |
| Surreptitiously | sly and secretive |
| Renegade | traitor |
| Depredation | robbing or laying waste to |
| Chronic | long lasting |
| Impudent | shamelessly rude or disresptful |
| Bedlam | a mental hospital or general uproar |
| Ethan Allen | captured Fort Ticonderoga |
| Infatuated | hopelessly in love |
| Indulgently | kindly or without restriction |
| Chintz | brightly coloured flowered cotton |
| Negotiable | open to debate or bargaining |
| Petty cash | money for minor expenses |
| Degraded | in a state of corruption |
| Proverbial | well known |
| Initiation | rites of passage |
| Elect | vote for someone running for public office |
| Catting | making mean and spiteful remarks |
| Green | unsophisticated, naive |
| A gopher is a person who goes | for this and goes for that |
| Malicious | act with evil intent |
| Charleston | a lively dance during the 1920's |
| Comradeship | a relationship |
| Consequence measn of great | importance or influence |
| Prestige | status or reputation |
| Contrition is a feeling of sorrow | for having done wrong |
| Supplication | a humble request |
| Defiant | to refuse to obey |
| Beseeching | begging, pleading |
| incredulous | doubtful, disbelieving |
| From the getgo means from | the very beginning |
| Rheumatic | painfully inflamed |
| Caul is a membrane sometimes | surrounding a baby's head at birth |
| Invalid | disabled, ill, weak or sickly |
| Imminent | about to happen |
| Infallibility | incapable of error |
| Exotic | foreign |
| Vermilion | bright red |
| heresy | something that goes against doctrine |
| Impoverished | made poor |
| The American Dream | attaining success |
| Poignantly | emotionally charged |
| Stoicism | suffering in silence |
| Perverse | stubbornly contrary |
| Integrity | absolute honesty |
| Communion | a deep understanding |
| Impelled | forced |
| Thistledown is fluffy down | attached to the flower head of the thistle plant |
| Anomalous means not following | the general rule |
| Que paso means | what happened? |
| Incessantly | without stopping |
| Breton | a province in N.W. France |
| Disconsolate | unable to be consoled |
| Curios | rare or unusual articles |
| The Sphinx has a | mysterious smile |
| Vexation | annoyance or distress |
| Anguish | agony |
| Nanterre | a town near Paris |
| Pauper | an impoversihed person |
| Adulation | extreme admiration |
| Seine | river that runs through Paris |
| Rue des Martyrs | Street of the Martyrs |
| Palais Royal | expensive Parisian shops |
| Ran the whole gamut | covered the entire range |
| Privations | lacking basic shelter, food and water |
| A sou is worth about | a penny |
| Exorbitant | unreasonably expensive |
| Champs Elysees | fashionable Parisian boulevard |
| Inconceivable | unable to imagine |
| Wretched | miserable |
