| A | B |
|---|
| archetype | the original pattern or model; prototype; a perfect example of a type or group |
| asseverate | to state seriously or positively; to assert |
| banal | designating objects belonging to feudal serfs; dull or stale because of overuse; trite; commonplace |
| brackish | somewhat salty; having an unpleasant taste; nauseating |
| cavil | to object with little reason; quibble |
| charlatan | a person who pretends to have expert knowledge; fake |
| foible | a small weakness slight frailty in character; the weaker part of a sword blade |
| foment | to treat with warm water; to instigate incite |
| inexorable | cannot be moved or influenced by persuasion; unrelenting |
| moribund | dying coming to an end |
| necromancer | one who practices claiming to foretell the future by communication with the dead; sorcerer |
| respite | a delay or postponement; an interval of temporary relief |
| seraph(im) | on of the heavenly beings surrounding the throne of god |
| subsist | to continue to be or exist; to remain alive; to be sustained |
| usury | the practice of lending money at interest; interest at a high rate |
| utopia | an idealized place, state, or situation of perfection; a scheme for a perfect society |
| vacillate | to sway waver; fluctuate; show indecision |
| ordain | to put in order; to decree; to invest with the function of a minister, priest or rabbi |
| vituperative | characterized by speaking abusively; berating |
| wraith | a ghost; the spectral figure of a person supposedly seen as a premonition just before his death |
