| A | B |
|---|
| arduous | difficult to do; laboriuos |
| labyrinth | a structure containing winding passages difficult to follow without losing one's way |
| paroxysms | sudden, sharp attack of pain |
| preeminent | above or before others; superior; surpassing |
| ominous | foretelling; threatening |
| reconnoitre | to study or make a survey of a region |
| pummeled | to hit with repeated blows |
| decrepit | broken down or worn out by old age or long use |
| spectre | a spirit or ghost |
| sauntering | walking at a leisurely pace |
| chamois | a small, agile goatlike antelope |
| reverberated | to resound in or as if in a series of echoes |
| converging | coming together at a point |
| petered | to diminish gradually and come to an end; to eventually disappear |
| verge | edge or margin |
| crony | a friend |
| exultantly | jubilantly; triumphantly |
| connived | to cooperate/plan secretly |
| conceded | to acknowledge as true; admit |
| indelibly | lasting; unforgettable; not easily removed or erased |
| obliquely | slanting; not perpendicular or parallel |
| unencumbered | not burdened with cares or responsibilities |
| transfixed | to make or hold motionless with amazement, awe, terror etc. |
| flailing | to wave or swing vigorously |
| impetuous | characterized by sudden or rash action; impulsive |
| taunting | to reproach in a mocking, insulting, or contimptuous manner |
| blasphemy | irriverent behavior toward anything held sacred |
| incredulously | disbelievingly; skeptically |
| clamoring | a loud uproar, as from a crowd of people |
