| A | B |
|---|
| adherent | a follower of something such as a leader, party, philosophy, or profession |
| advent | a coming or arrival |
| cache | a hole or hiding place used to store supplies |
| celestial | pertaining to the sky or heavens |
| certitudes | things that are inevitable or certain, certainties |
| chide | to voice disapproval, to scold |
| converge | to move together |
| dictum | an authoritative statement, decree |
| effusion | a pouring forth (usually overdone in writing or speech) |
| exacting | demanding, requiring great care |
| excise | to remove by cutting |
| fetid | having an offensive smell, malodorous |
| harbor | to give shelter or refuge |
| impermeable | not able to be penetrated, unable to be passed through |
| incipient | beginning to come into being, the early stage of something |
| insolvent | without money, broke |
| jettison | to discard or to cast off, many times relates to spacecraft |
| obtrude | to thrust out, to thrust forward |
| quandary | dilemma |
| repentant | penitent; characterized by showing repentance or contrition for a past sin |
| salubrious | healthful, favorable to one's well-being |
| squander | to waste |
| tenet | a doctrine or principle held as being true |
| validate | to give official sanction |
| vista | a distant view seen through an opening |
