| A | B |
|---|
| doctrine | philosophy or principles taught |
| furtive | sneaky or sly |
| earnest | serious and intent mental state |
| recompose | calm down |
| ignorant | lacking knowledge |
| comrade | friend, colleague, ally |
| combi | a vehicle that can serve various functions |
| veld | open grazing area in Africa |
| thatch | plant stalks or leaves used to make roofs |
| townships | racially segregated areas of South Africa |
| Unrequited | not returned in the same way |
| reliquary | a container to hold items of importance |
| invalid | one who is incapacitated by a chronic illness or disability |
| cascade | to fall or cause to fall in or as if in a cascade |
| sophisticate | a sophisticated person |
| grave | serious |
| evasive | to avoid answering, to be unclear |
| temporize | to draw out a discussion |
| delinquent | to be in violation |
| morass | a confusing situation |
| botch | to mess up |
| prosaic | ordinary, unimaginative |
| emanated | to come out from a source |
| aperture | opening |
| precipitously | steep |
| circumscribed | to limit |
| capricious | variable, flighty, fickle |
| haphazard | characterized by lack of order or planning |
| posterity | suceeding or future generations collectively |
| zealous | enthusiastic, eager |
| emaciated | to make abnormally lean or thin |
| petrified | scared |
| Cleaver | a heavy, broad bladed knife or long bladed hatchet |
| propagate | to reproduce, spread or multiply in number |
| harangue | a scolding or a long or intense verbal attack |
| contempt | hatred |
| perturb | to annoy |
| roubles | Russian currency (money) |
| throttle | cut off at the throat |
| kopeks | Russian currency (money) |
| smote | to captivate or strike upside the face |
| vagabond | a person that moves from place to place without a home |
| rebuke | to criticize sharply |
| deferential | respect for an elder |
| provincial | narrow minded |
| inconsolable | unable to take away grief or sadness |
| contemplative | concentrate on spiritual things |
| lychees | berries |
| nuisance | someone annoying or unpleasant |
| reverberation | sound that echoes and bounces around |
| retort | a severe reply |
| admonish | scold |
| careen | to sway while in movement |
| imminent | to occur any moment |
| scrupulous | having moral integrity (adj) |
| inexorable | not to be persuaded (adj) |
| precipitate | to bring about abruptly (verb) |
| clairvoyant | (ability to see in the future (noun or verb) |
| sumptuary | designed to regulate extravagant habits (adj) |
| arid | dry |
| haggard | looking worn and exhausted |
| improvise | to make on the spur of the moment |
| labyrinth | a confusing network of passages, a maze |
| virile | maculine, full of manly strength |
