| A | B |
| inauspicious | not favorable |
| physiognomy | facial features, judging character from facial features |
| ensue | to follow as a consequence/result |
| indubitably | unquestionable |
| impropriety | an improper act |
| evanescent | vanishing |
| ignominious | marked by shame or disgrace |
| amenable | obedient |
| quell | to supress, to put down forcibly |
| peremptory | not allowing contradiction or refusal |
| efficacy | effectiveness |
| quietude | tranquility |
| epoch | period of history, especially w/noteworthy events |
| vivify | to give or bring life to |
| comiseration | the feeling or expression of pity or sorrow |
| sully | to defile, taint, make unclean |
| talisman | an object marked with magic signs and is believed to bring the bearer power or protection |
| anathema | one detested; ecclesiastical ban or curse |
| labyrinth | maze |
| pristine | remaining in a pure/clean state |
| imperious | overbearing, urgent/pressing |
| similitude | resemblance |
| imbibe | to drink |
| requital | return, as for an injury or friendly act |
| emaciated | to be very thin, esp. b/c of starvation |
| importunate | troublesomely urgent |
| deportment | a manner of personal conduct |
| propound | to put forward for consideration |
| sagacity | wisdom, being sound in judgement and far sighted |
| inimical | harmful |
| palliate | to make a crime seem less serious |