| A | B |
|---|
| fallowness | inactivity, not cultivated, barren |
| preposterous | ridiculous, absurd |
| fortuitous | fortunate |
| sinuous | moving in and out; wavy |
| mundane | common place, ordinary |
| poignant | sharply paninful to the feelings |
| pugilistic | looking for a fight; bellicose |
| somnolent | sleepy, drowsy |
| priggish | excessively proper and smug |
| camaraderie | warm friendly feelings |
| tempo | rate of activity of a sound or motion; pace |
| sallow | sickly looking; pale yellow |
| sullen | sulky, glum |
| timorous | full of fear |
| visage | appearance; face |
| invalided | released because of illness or disability |
| harrowing | plowing with implements with numerous sharp teeth; OR to distress, vex, torment |
| grave | serious; solemn |
| illumined | to light up; to produce light |
| limber | easily bent; flexible; pliant |
| obstinate | stubborn |
| piety | devotion to religious duties |
| frippery | showy display of elegance |
| dyspepsia | indigestion |
| desolate | forlorn, wretched |
| listed | careening to one side; tilted; inclined |
| ominous | threatening, sinister |
| ravenous | hungry |
| morose | gloomy; sullen |
| guffawing | laughing in a loud, coarse manner |
| rued | regret |
| diligence | constant careful effort; perseverance |
| connivance | secret cooperation; to cooperate secretly--usually for wrong doing |
| illiterate | unable to read or write |
| unscrupulous | unethical; unprincipled |
| repugnant | offensive; disagreeable |
| discern | receive or recognize; make out clearly |
| mottled | blotched or streaked |
| assimilate | to absorb or incorporate |
| unfathomable | unable to understand |
| egregious | outstanding for undersirable qualities; remarkably bad |
| proprietorial | like someone who owns something |
| evanescent | short lived; tending to fade or disappear |
| furtive | secretly |
| lye | a caustic agent that burns; a strong alkaline solution used in cleaning and soap |
| oppress | weigh heavily on the mind and kept down by cruel or unjust power |
| doctrines | religious beliefs or principles |
| dissuade | convince someone not to do something |
| loath | reluctant; unwilling |
| appease | satisfy |
| machetes | large heavy knives with broad blades |
| collusion | secret agreement; conspiracy |
| docile | easy to direct or manage; obedient |
| enunciated | pronounced; stated precisely |
| intriguing | interesting or curious |
| benevolent | kindly; charitable |
| decorously | characterized by or showing decorum and good taste |
| latent | presently invisible or inactive |
| engrossed | occupied wholly; absorbed |
| jubilant | joyful and triumphant |
| arrested | stopped |
| malevolence | malice; spitefulness; intending to do harm |
| perdition | complete and irreparable loss; ruin; hell |
