| A | B |
|---|
| shunned | keep away from because of dislike |
| transgression | to offend by violating a law |
| mercenary wars | soldiers serving in an army for pay |
| strident | making or having a harsh sound; creaking |
| wattle and daub | greasy, wrinked fold of skin |
| transfixed | pierce through |
| conviction | proving or declaring guilty |
| tyrant | person who uses power cruelly or unjustly |
| sanctuary | a sacred place |
| pondered | consider carefully; think over |
| sullenly | gloomy |
| foreboding | prediction of pending evil and/or mistortune |
| disquiet | to make uneasy; disturb |
