| A | B |
|---|
| doleful | causing grief or affliction |
| languid | drooping or flagging from, as if from exhaustion |
| pediment | a triangular space forming the gable of a two pitched roof in classic architecture |
| piously | marked by or showing reverence for deity and devotion to divine worship |
| mollified | to soothe in temper or disposition |
| nettled | provoke, vex, irritate |
| accrued | to come into existence as a legally enforceable claim |
| knoll | a small round hill, mound |
| insensible | incapable or bereft in feeling or sensation |
| bracken | a large coarse fern; a growth of brakes |
| daguerreotypes | early photographs produced on silver or copper plate |
| didactic | fitted or intended to teach |
| perpemptory | putting an end to or precluding a right of action, debate or delay |
| incalculably | not capable of being calculated, unpredictable |
| avowal | an open declaration or acknowledgement |
| abhorrence | strongly opposed, hatred for |
| monosyllabic | consisting of one syllable or of monosyllables |
| effigy | an image or representation, esp. of a person |
| taunt | to challenge in a mocking or insulting manner |
| melancholy | depression, sadness |
| penumbra | a space of partial illumination between the perfect shadow on all sides and the full light |
| denunciatory | to pronounce blameworthy or evil |
| dolt | stupid fellow |
| philandering | to make love frivolously; romancing |
| indolent | lazy |
| disparagement | a lowering of esteem or standing |
| explicit | characterized by full clear expression |
| sonorous | producing sound |
| pecuniary | consisting of or measured in money |
| sojourn | a temporary stay |
| excursion | a going out or forth |
| deferential | showing respect, courtesy for another’s wishes |
| erudition | extensive knowledge acquired chiefly from books |
| intercourse | talk |
| imperturbable | marked by extreme calm, impassivity, steadiness |
| relegate | to control or direct by rule |
| affable | pleasantly easy to talk to |
| desecrate | to violate the sanctity of, to treat irreverently, profane |
| furtive | secretive |
| transient | passing by quickly with time |
| insidious | stealthily treacherous or deceitful |
| trepidations | fearful or nervous anxiety |
| malice | hatred |
| livid | deathly pale |
| interminable | endless |
| blanched | whitened |
| lassitude | weariness of body, mind, as from strain |
| benevolent | kind |
| mortification | humiliation |
| dapper | neat, trim |
| inertly | inactively, not having the power to move itself; motionlessly |
| importuate | troublesomely urgent |
| ineluctable | not to be avoided or changed; inevitable |
| mirthless | without gaiety, without cheer |
| lethargy | the quality or state of being lazy or indifferent |
| affinity | a sympathy marked by community of interest; kinship |
| apathy | indifferent, not caring, lack of interest or concern |
