| A | B |
|---|
| unversed | unacquainted with or unskilled in |
| disillusion | to make disappointed, bitter, or disenchanted |
| vermin | any of various insects or small animals regarded as objectionable because they are destructible or carry diseases |
| grotesques | persons or things that are strange, bizarre, or distorted in appearance or shape |
| shrilly | in a high, thin, piercing tone |
| prenatal | existing or taking place before birth |
| oratory | the art of public speaking |
| inebriate | to make drunk or intoxicate |
| amity | friendship; friendly and peaceful relations behooves is necessary or proper |
| statuary | a group of statues collectively |
| canniest | shrewd, clever, careful, and wise in actions or dealings |
| tenets | principles, doctrines, or beliefs held to be true |
| japes | jokes, jests, or tricks |
| caboodle | group or lot |
| impromptu | spur of the moment or lacking preparation |
| callow | young and inexperienced or immature |
| jocularity | wittiness; joking manner |
| sordid | dirty, filthy, squalid, or wretched |
| obliquely | with a slant |
| excruciatingly | agonizingly or with intense physical or mental pain |
| trepidation | fear, anxiety, or apprehension |
| nominal | existing ill name only |
| prodigal | excessively generous |
| pungency | a sharpness (often applied to taste or smell) |
| potency | strength, power, force |
| languid | weak, listless, sluggish |
| intermittent | recurring occasionally, in an interrupted manner |
| luminosity | brightness, the state of being brightly lighted |
| opulent | wealthy, rich, plentiful |
| poignancy | the quality or state of deeply affecting the feelings |
| surmise | a guess, a conclusion based on a guess |
| desolate | left alone; deserted or uninhabited |
| furtively | stealthily, sneakily |
| enormity | outrageousness, serious wrongdoing |
| precipitate | to bring about suddenly |
| petulance | peevishness, unpredictable ill temper |
| relinquish | to give up, abandon |
| provocative | stimulating or exciting |
| indiscretion | an unwise or careless remark or act |
| somnolent | drowsy, sleepy |
| plaintive | melancholy, mournful, sad |
| jostle | to bump or push |
| lurch | to stagger or to sway suddenly forward or to one side |
| fencer | person who practices the art or sport of fighting with a foil or other sword |
| invalid | to remove from active duty or from a combat zone because of injury or illness |
| detached | separate or aloof; not involved by emotion or interests |
| pavilions | related buildings, as in a hospital |
| belie | to give a false idea of, disguise, or misrepresent |
| contemptuously | scornfully or disdainfully |
| judiciously | wisely and carefully; in a manner that shows sound judgment |
| unseemly | not decent or proper; unbecoming, or indecorous |
| marshal | to manage or to lead or guide ceremoniously |
| staunchness | loyalty, steadfastness, or firmness |
| retract | to withdraw or disavow a statement |
| disconsolately | inconsolably, dejectedly, or cheerlessly |
| rending | tearing, pulling apart, or splitting |
| inscrutable | completely obscure or mysterious; incapable of being misunderstood |
| derisive | ridiculing, making fun of, or laughing at with scorn or contempt |
| craven | very cowardly |
| insinuatingly | in a hinting or suggestive manner |
| pandemonium | place or scene of wild disorder, noise, or confusion |
| tactful | knowing what to say or do to avoid giving offense |
| whirligigs | toys or other objects that revolve or whirl, such as tops or pinwheels |
| hypdermic | an injection administered with a needle or syringe |
| piety | devotion to God or to religious duties |
| crucifix | a cross with a figure of the body of Jesus Christ |
| frippery | finery; something showy, cheap or gaudy |
| nimbus | in art, a circle or halo of light surrounding the head of a holy person or a divine person |
| dyspepsi | indigestion |
| august | worthy of respect; inspiring awe or reverence |
| calligraphy | penmanship; artistic handwriting |
| pallid | faintly colored |
| vanquished | conquered; defeated |
| vindicated | justified; upheld by argument or evident |
| condolence | often plural, sympathy with another person’s grief |
| circumvent | to get the better of someone or, by means of ingenuity, to keep something from happening |
| virulent | poisonous, deadly; hateful, hateful, venomous, rancorous |
| impervious | incapable of being wounded by, unaffected by |
| sibilant | having or producing an s or sh sound |
| list | to tilt to one side |
| root | to rummage or search about |
| rue | to feel remorse for or to regret |
| tinker | to patch up or mend; to make clumsy attempts to mend or repair something |
| ravenous | greedily or wildly hungry, famished, or very hungry for a specified gratification |
| crabbed | ill tempered, cross, peevish, morose |
| meditative | inclined to think deeply and to reflect upon ideas |
| limber | flexible, pliant, or easily bent |
| lye | strong alkaline substance, usually sodium or potassium hydroxide |
| buzzard | any of various hawks that are slow and heavy in flight |
| furrow | narrow groove made in the ground by a plow |
| pullets | young hens, usually less that one year old |
| phoenix | a mythological bird that lived for five hundred or six hundred years, consumed itself in a fire, and rose renewed from the ashes |
| maze | confusing and intricate network of winding pathways |
| rouse | to stir up to flight or to cause to come out of a state of rest |
| loll | to droop or hang in a relaxed manner |
