| A | B |
|---|
| abate | to lessen, decrease |
| ebb | abate RW - a poetic word meaning decrease, fall off |
| diminish | abate RW - a factual word meaning decrease or fall off |
| subside | abate RW - die down |
| wanes | abate RW - fades |
| cite | to mention, refer to, quote (for proof or example) |
| incite | cite RW - to arouse or stir up |
| recite | cite RW |
| excite | cite RW |
| entice | to allure, attract, or beguile |
| lure | entice RW - implies a temptation to something harmful |
| allure | entice RW |
| inveigle | entice RW - implies trickery as well as clever persuasion |
| cajole | entice RW - implies coaxing, wheedling, flattery |
| beguile | entice RW - to deceive by guile, or merely to charm |
| seduce | entice RW - mostly evil enticement |
| frustrate | to thwart, foil, defeat |
| foil | frustrate RW - thwart |
| balk | frustrate RW - refusing to accept |
| circumvent | frustrate RW - outflank, sidestep, or go around |
| manifest | show plainly, reveal, display, evince |
| manifesto | manifest RW |
| pervade | spread through, permeate |
| permeate | pervade RW |
| saturate | pervade RW |
| diffuse | pervade RW |
| purge | cleanse, clear of impurity or guilt |
| purging | purge RW - implies heat, suffering, fires, or medicines |
| purgative | purge RW - a cleansing agent, cathartic, or other means to eliminate waste or infection |
| purgatory | purge RW - a place where souls, not damned but also not ready for paradise, are refined, purged, purified |
| expurgated | purge RW - to rid of offensive ohrases and passages (in a book edition) |
| reproach | to blame, upbraid |
| chide | reproach RW - to scold mildly, especially a child or a friend |
| upbraid | reproach RW - to scold strongly for some specific fault |
| reprimand | reproach RW - to rebuke rather formally for something specific |
| impugn | reproach RW - to call in question someone's motives or qualities |
| reprehend | reproach RW - to find fault with, take to task |
| rebuke | reproach RW |
| reprove | reproach RW |
| condemn | reproach RW |
| censure | reproach RW |
| resent | to take offense at |
| wrath | resent RW (anger word) |
| ire | resent RW (anger word) |
| vexation | resent RW (anger word) |
| exasperation | resent RW (anger word) |
| indignation | resent RW (anger word) |
| animosity | resent RW (anger word) |
| satiate | to satisfy to excess |
| sate | satiate RW - to satisfy (as in one's appetite) |
| glut | satiate RW - to flood something |
| surfeit | satiate RW - an excess of something ordinarily pleasing |
| cloying | satiate RW - so excessive that it no longer pleases |
| abyss | a deep or bottomless chasm |
| abyssos | abyss ROOT - without bottom |
| fissure | abyss RW - a narrow opening or cleft in the earth |
| anecdote | a brief story or incident |
| dotage | anecdote RW |
| aperture | a small opening |
| derelict | an abandoned ship, an outcast |
| epithet | a descriptive title |
| appellation | epithet RW - anothyer word for a name, but not necessarily descriptive |
| fiend | a demon or monster |
| harbinger | a forerunner, herald |
| precursor | harbinger RW - similar to precursor, but it has a less poetic flavor |
| heri | harbinger ROOT - army |
| berga | harbinger ROOT - shelter |
| lament | an expression of sorrow or grief |
| rue | lament RW - to regret |
| plaintive | lament RW |
| omen | a portent, prophetic sign |
| fateful | omen RW - deciding one's destiny |
| foreboding | omen RW - a feeling beforehand that something disastrous is going to happen |
| presentiment | omen RW - a feeling beforehand that something disastrous is going to happen |
| foreshadowing | omen RW - an advance indication or suggestion of something to come |
| pestilence | a widespread disease |
