| A | B |
|---|
| sheathed | encased or covered with something |
| patriarch | male Old Testament leader |
| mastiff | any of a large, massive powerful, smooth-coated dogs |
| legacy | gift by will, especially of money or other personal property |
| decry | express strong disapproval |
| spry | nimble |
| renegade | someone who rejects lawful behavior or derserts a faith, cause, or allegiance |
| vex | bring trouble, distress, or agitation |
| revile | subject to verbal abuse |
| wryly | bitterly or disdainfully ironic |
| caul | membrane enclosing a fetus or a newborn baby |
| careen | lurch from side to side, especially while moving rapidly |
| sullenly | gloomily |
| imminent | likely to happen |
| iridescent | having shifting changes in color |
| vortex | whirlpool or eddy |
| infallibility | correctness, incapacity for error |
| reiterate | repeat |
| skiff | small, open boat |
| evanesce | disappear |
| heresy | rejection of a belief that is part of an established set of beliefs |
