| A | B |
| infirm | weak in health or body |
| rive | to split or tear |
| exalt | to praise; extol |
| strife | vigorous or bitter conflict |
| saucy | impertinent; insolent |
| incense (v.) | to make angry |
| surly | unfriendly or hostile; irritable |
| prodigy | having extraordinary talent or ability |
| portentous | ominously significant or indicative |
| construe | to understand; to translate |
| perilous | involving or full of grave risk or peril |
| herald (n.) | a person or thing that precedes or comes before; forerunner; harbinger |
| want | absence or deficiency of something desirable |
| infuse | to imbue or inspire |
| yoke | to join, couple, link, or unite |
| save (prep.) | except; but |
| offal | Viscera; internal organs; refuse; rubbish; garbage |
| indifferent | without interest or concern; not caring; apathetic |
| factious | given to faction; dissentious |
| redress | the setting right of what is wrong |
| countenance | appearance, esp. the look or expression of the face |
| alchemy | any magical power or process of transmuting a common substance, usually of little value, into a substance of great value |
| tempest | a violent windstorm, esp. one with rain, hail, or snow |