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 |