| A | B |
|---|
| abomination | loathing |
| aboriginal | native |
| anathema | excommunication |
| antithesis | direct opposition |
| apparition | specter |
| bacchanalian | riotous or drunken festivity |
| benediction | blessing |
| callous | insensitive; unfeeling |
| calumny | a false statement meant to hurt someone |
| commendation | praise; recommendation; approval |
| contrition | repentance |
| congruity | a point of agreement |
| corroborating | strengthening or supporting |
| defamation | an attack on the good name of by slander |
| dissembling | disguising |
| diametrically | absolutely |
| deposition | testimony under oath |
| dissension | difference of opinion |
| epilogue | concluding section |
| extol | praise lavishly |
| esteem | think of with respect; prize |
| fetish | a material object believed to have magical power |
| hex | curse |
| jinx | something or someone believed to bring bad luck |
| liable | legally obligated |
| loathe | detest greatly |
| lavation | washing; cleansing |
| malign | slander; defame |
| necromancy | conjuring up spirits to predict the future |
| overture | introduction |
| preface | introduction |
| penitence | remorse |
| providence | frugal; economical |
| puritanical | rigorous in religious morality |
| prude | over-concerned with being or seeming to be proper, modest, or righteous |
| propriety | appropriateness |
| purge | free from impurities |
| plutocracy | government by the wealthy |
| rankle | cause persistent irritation or resentment |
| revulsion | sudden and strong change |
| sniveling | complaining |
| specter | apparition |
| sorcery | witchcraft |
| taunting | mocking; jeering at |
| trepidation | apprehension; fear |
| taint | to stain the honor of someone or something |
| theology | study of God or religion |
| theocracy | form of government in which God or a deity is recongnized as the supreme ruler |
| transgression | violation of a law, command, or moral code |
| talisman | object believed to possess occult powers |
| slander | defamation |
| voodoo | West Indian religion stemming from African cult worship and with elements from Catholicism |
