| A | B |
|---|
| taboo | forbidden |
| effect | to bring about |
| emulate | to copy |
| exemption | freedom/immunity |
| vivid | brilliant/intense/bright |
| exceedingly | extremely |
| recur | to happen again |
| trait | character or tendancy |
| asylum | place of shelter |
| metamorphosis | change of shape or form |
| extensive | broad/expansive |
| allay | to releive or calm |
| combustion | explosion resulting from ignition |
| inveigh | to attack verbally |
| verify | to prove |
| defunct | dead/deceased |
| inquest | a special inquiry |
| pensive | musing/thoughtful |
| profound | intellectually deep |
| abuse | to mistreat/to insult |
| peril | danger/threat/great risk |
| remedy | cure for disease |
| vexation | irritation |
| consequence | logical result/effect |
| penury | poverty |
| sore | irritable/wounded |
| attest | to affirm |
| consumption | TB |
| noxious | harmful |
| seize | to grab or clutch |
| shrink | to withdraw |
| sop | to absorb |
| surge | to agitate/to thrust powerfully |
| conclusive | final/convincing/leaving no doubt |
| principle | rule |
| severe | hard/strict/rough |
| afflicion | deep trouble in the form of physical or mental pain |
| continual | regular/steady |
| regenerate | to form again |
| wretch | unlucky or miserable person |
| calculation | computation |
| formidable | awesome, causing fear or dread |
| subsequent | following in order |
| abstemious | self-denying |
| amiable | friendly |
| despotic | tyrannical |
| frugal | thrifty |
| imply | to hint or suggest |
| prominent | standing out |
| ruffian | a bully |
| ruffled | disturbed |
| superiority | supremacy/excellence |
| wield | to employ |
| close | secluded/ shut up |
| despondency | hopelessness |
| dire | dreadful/horrible |
| dissonance | discord |
| garb | apparel |
| melancholy | depressing gloomy |
| penitential | feeling sorrow |
| spent | exhausted |
| steep | to saturate |
| expend | to put forth |
| impervious | impenetrable |
| martial | military |
| peculiar | odd/eccentric |
| recess | inner place/ indentation |
| satiate | to gorge |
| sever | to seperate/divide |
| diminutive | mini/below average size |
| hue | color/tint/shade |
| issue | to emerge or flow out |
| plunder | pillage/ distruction |
| recede | to move back |
| salutation | a greeting |
| speculate | to ponder/meditate |
| transparent | clear/transmitting light |
| vault | to jump |
| verdant | green |
| adamant | fixed upon |
| crag | steep cliff |
| protract | to draw out |
| sacrilege | crime of violating sacred things |
| sediment | matter that settles to the bottom |
| verdict | decision/judgement |
| anguish | exteme pain |
| bear | to carry out |
| insubordination | defiance of authority |
| perpetrate | to perform or do a deed |
| pervade | to spread out |
| quell | to put down/to subdue |
| rebuke | sharp expression of disapproval |
| turmoil | tumult/confusion |
| urgent | compelling |
| writhe | to twist violently |
| assume | to seize/ to pretend/ to play a role |
| exertion | extend effort |
| haughty | arrogant |
| involuntary | not willed |
| reserved | restrained/cautious |
