| A | B |
|---|
| auger | a tool for boring holes |
| contentious | argumentative |
| denounce | to accuse formally |
| effrontery | brashness; shamelessness |
| forbidding | having a menacing appearance |
| gait | the speed of proceeding |
| immaculate | free from error |
| probity | a complete honesty; integrity |
| imperciptible | barely noticeable |
| inaudibly | not capable of being heard |
| prodigious | enormous |
| qualm | a doubt |
| remorseless | having no mercy or compassion |
| slovenly | untidy |
| sublime | supreme |
| transfix | to paralyze with horror or shock |
| undermine | to weaken or damage |
| unintelligible | not able to be understood |
| adamant | not resonding to pleas |
| beguile | to deceive |
| conciliatory | trying to overcome disagreement |
| disputation | an argument |
| flail | to shake about wildly |
| gaunt | extremely pale |
| gibbet | a gallows |
| penitence | the remorse or sorrow for one's sin |
| purge | to cleanse of sin |
| quavering | trembling |
| sibilance | a hissing sound |
