| A | B |
|---|
| mannerism | peculiarity of speech or behavior |
| impart | tell |
| suave | gracious and self-assured |
| detract | take away something |
| virulent | hateful |
| assiduous | marked by hard, steady effort |
| remuneration | payment for work done |
| acquise | agree without protest |
| abbrevitated | shortened |
| eschew | shun |
| recoil | spring back |
| writ | document ordering or forbidding some action; writtings |
| enclosure | spaces shut in on all sides; material accompanying a letter |
| rime | frozen mist; poem |
| nubulous | vague |
| nebula | cloudlike group of stars |
| epitome | person or thing typifying a quality |
| ephemeral | short-lived |
| paramount | most important |
| temporal | non-spiritual |
| demeanor | manner |
| amorous | loving |
| divulge | make known |
| portcullis | iron grating that closes off a gateway |
| gorge | eat greedily; deep narrow pass |
| hilt | sword handle |
| combine | bring together; group of buisness firms |
| replenish | provide fresh supplies of |
| chaos | utter confusion |
| rigorous | severe; strict |
| gutteral | deep-throated |
| mimic | imitate |
| undoing | bringing to ruin; reversal |
| pious | extremely religous; hypocrytical |
| counterfeit | not genuine |
| heretic | person who opposes the teachings of his church |
| vouch | support by speaking up |
| gingerly | timid |
| fluent | able to speak easily; smooth-flowing |
| snub | rudely ignore; short |
| martyr | person who dies for his beliefs |
| torpid | sluggish |
| lucrative | profitable |
| prudent | wise |
| sensuous | that provides enjoyment to the senses |
| apparition | ghostlike figure |
| cloister | place of religious withdrawl; covered walk |
| delta | area of land at the mouth |
