| A | B |
| eulogy | praise or tribute |
| evanescent | fleeting |
| exigent | urgent, requiring immediate attention |
| expiate | atoning or making amends for a sin or a crime |
| extant | still in existence |
| fervent | ardent, showing great emotion, impassioned |
| florid | flowery, flushed with color |
| foliage | cluster of leaves |
| forbearance | patience, lenience |
| foreboding | premonition of evil, an ominous omen |
| fugitive | something elusive or hard to find, wandering |
| furrow | to make wrinkles or grooves |
| gaunt | very thin, emaciated, angular |
| gentility | state of refinement, member of the upper class or gentry |
| gratuituous | given freely, unwarranted |
| grievous | characterized by severe suffering or sorrow, serious or grave |
| ignominy | disgraceful or dishonorable conduct |
| imbibe | to absorb or drink in |
| imperious | extremely overbearing |
| implicit | understood but not directly expressed |
| import | relative importance, significance |
| impugn | assail or attack one's honor or integrity |
| impute | to blame or charge |
| inauspicious | unfavorable |
| incantation | a spell, written or recited formula of words designed for a particular effect |