| A | B |
| augment | to increase ; make greater |
| flint | a small stone used to start a fire |
| instigate | to urge on to action |
| interim | the time between one event and another |
| phantasm | something that seems to exist but actually has no physical reality ; phantom |
| faction | a group within an organization working together against the main body or other groups |
| visage | the face |
| affable | friendly |
| interpose | to introduce an interruption of speech or motion |
| entreat | to ask for earnestly, beg |
| valor | bravery |
| dismember | to remove the limbs from a body ; to cut or tear to pieces |
| hew | to cut or chop |
| augur | to predict the future from signs or omens |
| entrails | the internam organs of a human or an animal |
| portent | something that predicts an event that is about to happen usually an unfortunate one |
| imminent | about to happen |
| practor | in ancient Rome, an elected judge ranking just below a consul |
| chide | to scold mildly |
| purge | to make clean by removing impurities |
| prodigy | an unusual happening thought to foretell the furture ; an extraordinary person or thing |
| disperse | to scatter in varios directions ; to cause to disappear |
| prevail | to be or remain inforce ; to have an effect; to have the greatest authority |
| dank | unpleasantly damp and chilly |
| rheum | a watery discharge from the eyes or nose, as from a cold |
| commend | to make favorable impression to be praiseworthy, to express proise, to transmit regards |
| incorporate | to combine ; bring together in a single unit |
| appertain | to have to do with |
| counsel | a private thought ; secret ; an intention purpose |
| constancy | steadfastness ; firmness of purpose |
| tincture | a quality that colors or distinguishes something |
| render | to make a formal, public declaration ; to deliver a personal experssion or interpretation of something already written or said |
| revel | to engage in lively festivities, celebration, noisy merrymaking |