| A | B |
|---|
| deviation | away from the normal |
| anguish | extreme pain |
| astringent | rigidly severe |
| cliche | a trite expression |
| abomination | extreme disgust and hatred |
| potent | powerful |
| temporal: practical, everyday | as opposed to spiritual |
| precept | a principle that should be obeyed |
| rote: memorized but not | necessarily understood |
| poultice | medication applied to sores |
| virtue | goodness |
| potent | powerful |
| Fundamentalism | a simplistic world view |
| blasphemy | lack of reverence |
| pious: those who are | devout |
| leeward | sheltered from the wind |
| erratic | having no fixed course |
| rectitude | proper behaviour |
| midden | compost pile |
| testament | an expression of conviction |
| vow | solemn promise |
| clarity | clearness |
| rick | haystack |
| placid | peaceful, calm |
| tedious | boring, tiresome |
| irritate | rankle |
| horses are measured in | hands |
| edge | verge |
| temperament | emotional nature |
| pedant | one who parades his learning |
| brink | edge |
| stooking | stacking grain sheaves |
| echelon | a ranking order |
| hither and thither | here and there |
| to fend off | to defend oneself |
| puritanical | righteous |
| starboard: looking forward | the right side of the ship |
| inspid, weak, defensive | namby-pamby |
| snivelling | whimpering, complaining |
| scapegoat: an innocent | victim who is accused |
| flounder | unable to cope |
| defiance | resistance to command |
| suffocating | having trouble breathing |
| implication | suggestion |
| lugubrously | mournfully |
| abnegation | denial or self-denial |
| verdict: findings as to | guilt or innocence |
| dissuade | the opposite of persuade |
| ordained | appointed |
| remorse | regret, rue |
| dubious | doubtful |
| acrid | bitter |
| emphatic | spoken with emphasis |
| feud: | Capulets and the Montagues |
| hysterical | totally overwhelmed |
| abeyance | temporary inactivity |
| propitious | a good omen |
| forge | horseshoes are made there |
| simultaneously: two events | occurring at the same time |
| amorphous | shapeless |
| conscientiously | diligently |
| appeased | brought calm, peace |
| placatory | soothing |
| telepathy | extra-sensory communication |
| bewilderment | confusion |
| superficial | of minor significance |
| incriminating | making you seem guilty |
| reminisce | to remember the good old days |
| comprehensible | able to be understood |
| propensity | inclination, tendency |
| admonish | reprove |
| overt | open to the public |
| tacit | understood but not spoken |
| mutiny | disobedience at sea |
| eliminate | exterminate |
| sentetitiously | tersely |
| surge | a sudden move forward |
| pursue | chase |
| oblique angle | 45 degrees |
| intensity | the magnitude of force |
| catapult a device that can | throw heavy objects a great distance |
| agitated | upset |
| hobble: a rope device | which stymies movement |
| fortissimo (music) | loud |
| pacifically | calmly |
| complacent | overly confident |
| canter: faster than a trot | smoother than a gallop |
| arable | land suitable for cultivation |
| unwontedly | out of the ordinary |
| unabashed | not shy |
| denial: saying no | unwilling to accept |
| perfunctorily | dutifully but lacking enthusiasm |
| diverge | moving apart |
| converge | coming together |
| reluctant | unwilling |
| duration | a period of time |
| aloof | standoffish |
| dwindled | lessened slowly |
| symbiosis | natural co-operation |
| caressed | stroked |
| arrogant | egotistical |
| outflanked | blind-sided |
| surreptitiously | secretly |
| gnarled | twisted, weather or work worn |
| mundane: ordinary | to the point of boredom |
| subdue | conquer |
| sublime | exalted |
| homogeneal | having the same genes |
| odious | disgusting, horrid, |
| smug | falsely confident |
| grotesque | as ugly as sin |
| hovels | dirty, uncomfortable shelters |
| miscegenate | mixed marriage |
| pretence: something designed | to deceive |
| loathing | hating, despising |
| Waknuk: frontier | farming community |
| David, Rosalind, & Petra | flee to the fringes |
| A deus ex machina | is a plot device |
| Joseph Strorm is | David's father |
| Petra possesses great | powers of telepathy |
| Uncle Axel becomes aware of | David's telepathic powers |
| Anne marries a non-telepathic | man who discovers the truth |
| David Strorm is the son of the | community leader |
