| A | B |
|---|
| auspicious | propitious; favorable |
| scuppernongs | yellowish-gree plum flavored grapes |
| arbitrated | decided; determined |
| mortifying | shameful; embarrassing |
| gothic | medieval; uncouth; barbarous |
| tacit | silently understood; unspoken |
| asinine | stupid |
| ramshackle | appearing to be ready to collapse; rickety |
| desolate | devoid of inhabitants or visitors |
| ascertain | making certain; determining |
| unfathomable | unable to be measured or understood |
| aberrations | straying from the right or normal way |
| perpetrated | carried out; brought about |
| morphodite | "hermaphrodite" combination of male and female |
| adjacent | not distant; nearby |
| perplexity | state of being confused or bewildered |
