| A | B |
|---|
| savouring | enjoying |
| strode | walked |
| device | a tool or machine designed to perform a particular task |
| paradox | a statement that contradicts itself (i.e.--jumbo shrimp) |
| seclusion | in private or in hiding |
| dignitaries | important people |
| cavern | a cave |
| plague | the appearance of something harmful (often in very large numbers) |
| pestilence | a highly infectious disease; an evil presence |
| tapestries | a heavy fabric with a picture woven into it |
| tatters | shredded;ripped |
| doomed | destined to be destroyed |
| honorary | holding a position awarded as an honor, but which is unpaid, and has no real responsibility |
| bewildered | confused |
| melancholy | sad;depressed |
| ennui | boredom |
| cynicism | doubting/mocking the good nature of others |
| nihilism | a belief that life is pointless and human values are worthless |
| vogue | in style;popular |
| "La Jolla" | a city in Southern California |
| "self-fulfilling prophecy" | the idea that whatever one believes about themselves often comes true |
| "LP records" | large, round discs on which audio used to be recorded |
| "Alpha Centauri" | the brightest star in the southern constellation of Centaurus |
| "none-too-soon" | very nearly late |
| "ticker-tape parade" | a parade event held in a downtown urban setting, where people throw large amounts of shredded paper products . |
| "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse" | a term used to describe four horsemen that appear in the New Testament of the Christian Bible in chapter six of the Book of Revelation; the horsemen contribute to the widespread destruction that takes place in Revelation as part of the end of the world. |
