| A | B |
|---|
| appease | to satisfy the demands of |
| gape | to open wide |
| discern | to detect |
| mediator | one who tries to settle a dispute |
| venemous | poisonous |
| duration | the period of time in which something continues |
| deliverance | salvation |
| arduous | difficult to accomplish |
| precept | a rule of moral conduct or behavior |
| eradicate | to eliminate |
| affluence | wealth |
| vex | annoy |
| self-important | having an inflated opinion of one's own worth |
| confiscate | to take for the public treasury as punishment |
| impressionable | easily influenced |
| illuminating | revealing |
| writhe | to contort the body in pain or distress |
| caste | social status |
| relinquish | to abandon |
| pretense | a false claim |
| adversary | an opponent |
| formidable | impressive in size, strength, or skill |
| insidious | sly, crafty, treacherous |
| metaphor | a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things that have something in common |
| simile | a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things that have something in common, using like or as |
| autobiography | a story that a person writes about his or her own life |
| aphorism | a short statement expressing a truth or clever observation |
| verbal irony | when people say one thing but actually mean the opposite |
| situational irony | something happens that is the opposite of what is normally expected to happen |
| analogy | extended comparison of two things that have certain similarities |
| allusion | an indirect reference to a person, place, event or work with which the author believes the reader will be familiar |
| rhetorical question | a question that does not call for an answer because the answer is obvious |
| bene | good, well |
| ab | away from |
| dis | apart, away, reverse |
| im(in) | into |
| able | do, able |
| fac | do, make |
