| A | B |
|---|
| guise | n. behavior, appearance |
| impudently | adv. forward in behavior, bold-faced |
| culminating | adj. reaching the highest point or ending |
| profusely | adv. lavishly, exuberantly |
| abashed | adj. ashamed |
| oppressed | adj./v. overpowered, overburdened |
| prodigiously | adv. extraordinarily, enormously in the past |
| impregnable | adj. able to resist attack, invincible |
| foray | n. predatory excursion |
| blasphemy | n. swearing, speaking irreverently |
| auspiciously | adv. favorably |
| dissipated | v. vanished, scattered |
| defiant | adj. willing to provoke |
| efficacy | n. force, energy |
| dictum | n. an authoritative saying, ruling |
| pervaded | v. permeated, flowed through |
| palpitant | adj. trembling, throbbing |
| ingratiating | adj. trying to get into another's good will |
| epitomized | v. summarized, condensed |
| myriad | n./adj. countless number, innumerable |
| intrepidity | n. fearlessness, boldness |
| belligerent | adj. quarrelsome |
| ostentatious | adj. vain, showy, ambitious display |
| impinged | v. clashed, dashed against |
| vindicated | v. proved to be just or valid |
| implacable | adj. unrelenting, can not be appeased |
| impelled | adj./v. driven or urged forward |
| adverse | adj. opposed to, against |
| appurtenances | n. appendages, subordinates |
| chastisement | n. admonishment, reprimand, scolding, rebuke |
| befuddled | v. baffled, puzzled, confused |
| equity | n. fairness |
| writhing | adj. twisted, folded |
| incorrigible | adj. unmanageable |
| indulgently | adv. obligingly, tolerantly |
| ubiquitous | adj. ever present, customary, widespread |
| enmity | n. hostility, opposition |
| sanguinary | adj. confident, bloodthirsty, murderous |
| precipitous | adj. very steep |
| gregarious | adj. living in a pack, social, friendly |
| abasement | n. disgrace |
| ominous | adj. threatening, evil (ill omen) |
| sacrilegious | adj. violation of something sacred |
| fraternize | v. to associate with |
| tenacity | n. toughness, stubbornness |
| covetous | adj. greedy, desiring |
| uncompromisingly | adv. rigidly, strictly, won't yield |
| allegiance | n. loyalty |
| tutelage | n. under the guardianship of |
| ponderous | adj. heavy, massive, awkward |
| gyrations | n. sporadic movements |
| vainly | adv. futilely, pointlessly, unsuccessfully |
| antipathy | n. dislike, opposition |
| interminably | adv. endlessly |
| ulterior | adj. undisclosed, hidden |
| circuitous | adj. roundabout, indirect |
| burgeoning | adj. blossoming, growing |
| reticence | n. reserve, restraint |
| vicariously | adv. fulfilled through another person or thing |
| inevitable | adj. bound to happen |
| indomitable | adj. irrepressible, invincible |
| smote | v. attacked, destroyed |
