| A | B |
|---|
| individual | a person's own self |
| expression | the way a person shows his or her thoughts, feelings, and beliefs |
| invention | an object that has never been created before |
| progress | to advance; to develop |
| conform | to change in order to be like everyone else |
| base | selfish |
| transgression | a crime or wrongdoing |
| burden | a problem or hardship |
| endure | to continue or put up with |
| atone | to fix or make better |
| bidding | ordering or asking someone to do something |
| reeling | spinning around |
| anxiety | worry |
| scornful | expressing anger, feeling as if you can't forgive |
| tarry | to wait, to stay longer than planned |
| unveil | to uncover, or show |
| ponder | to think about, to know |
| quest | a search or investigation |
| cesspool | sewer, drainage ditch, filthy dirty water |
| falter | unsteady, lack of confidence |
| behold | to see, or look at |
| perish | to die |
| reprimand | to punish |
| defy | to refuse to obey |
| outcast | outsider, a person who has been rejected by society |
| withered | dried up, decayed, old and wrinkled |
| fathom | to understand |
| groping | reaching or feeling for something |
| solemn | formal, serious |
| illustrious | well known, famous, respected, admired |
| decreed | decide |
| whim | a sudden desire, last minute decision |
| pleaded | to beg |
| corruption | danger, abuse of power |
| redemption | being saved from sin, being forgiven |
| cringe | to bend one's head or body in fear |
| hasten | to hurry |
| ego | self, self-esteem |
| summit | top of a mountain |
| barren | not able to grow plants, or not able to produce life |
| hearth | a home, floor of a fireplace |
| kin | family members |
| savage | uncivilized, cruel, aggressive, animal-like |
| covet | to want or wish for something that belongs to someone else |
| martyrs | person killed or willing to die for their beliefs |
| reverence | deep respect for something or someone |
