| A | B |
|---|
| appall | to horrify, shock, overcome with fear |
| dismay | appall RW - arouse alarm |
| abash | appall RW - make ashamed or embarassed |
| overawe | appall RW - fill with mild fear and respect |
| harrow | appall RW - terrufy, torment |
| petrify | appall RW - stiffen with fear-literally, turn to stone |
| discern | to see clearly, perceive |
| esteem | to value highly, regard |
| homage | esteem RW - active respect or reverence, stronger than esteem |
| deference | esteem RW - a respectful formality implying esteem |
| cherish | esteem RW - to have affection as well as respect for something |
| estimate | esteem RW - to put a value on |
| feign | to pretend |
| feint | feign RW - a pretended blow |
| meditate | to think, reflect, intend, or plan |
| contemplate | meditate RW - think or consider calmly |
| deliberate | meditate RW - think judiciously, especially considering various courses of action |
| ponder | meditate RW - to weigh an idea thoughtfully |
| conceive | meditate RW - imagine, create, construct mentally |
| speculate | meditate RW - imagine what might happen |
| cogitate | meditate RW - think, often in a humorous sense |
| ruminate | meditate RW - reflect upon |
| retrospection | meditate RW - looking (i.e. thinking) backward about what happened or would have happened |
| obsess | to haunt, beset, harass |
| harassment | obsess RW - applies to physical annoyances or torments |
| obsession | obsess RW - applies to mental, inward torment verging on the abnormal |
| redeem | to buy back, make amends |
| redemption | redeem RW - the act or process of saving something from sin, bondage, or evil |
| relent | to become less severe, soften |
| mitigate | relent RW |
| salvage | to save, restore, recover(part of) the value |
| rehabilitate | salvage RW - to restore someone physically or spiritually |
| wrest | to take by force, twist from |
| brevity | shortness, conciseness |
| abbreviate | brevity RW - to shorten |
| breviary | brevity RW |
| breve | brevity RW |
| censure | strong criticism, condemnation |
| impeachment | censure RW - the ultimate form of political censure |
| chaos | confusion, disorder |
| derangement | chaos RW - mental chaos, partial or complete |
| disarray | chaos RW - mild chaos, as in one's dress or mental state |
| tumult | chaos RW - a noisy, active chaos created by animals, people, or the wind |
| havoc | chaos RW - chaos created by natural forces or by a deliberate human campaign of plunder or destruction |
| bedlam | chaos RW - a noisy uproar suggesting insanity |
| pandemonium | chaos RW - strongest form of chaos; the place where all "demons" dwell in howling, screaming disorder |
| anarchy | chaos RW - political chaos marked by the absence of government and with people doing as they please |
| citadel | a fortress or stronghold |
| arsenal | citadel RW - a factory or storage place for war material |
| counsel | advice, shared knowledge; legal adviser |
| council | counsel RW - a group that decides what to do |
| celebrity | a widely known person |
| custody | keeping, care, guarding |
| deluge | a great downpour or flood |
| inundate | deluge RW - to flood |
| antediluvian | deluge RW - before the Deluge (the Great Flood) |
| demeanor | conduct, behavior, manner |
| mien | demeanor RW - same meaning and origin as demeanor |
| deportment | demeanor RW - another word for one's behavior or bearing |
| epoch | distinctive age or outstanding period of time |
| era | epoch RW - usually longer than an epoch |
| millennium | epoch RW - lasts a thousand years |
| eon | epoch RW - a very long period of time - thousands of years |
