| A | B |
|---|
| palpable | perceived by the senses |
| indolently | in a lazy way |
| naive | artless or unsophisticated |
| scruples | misgivings about one's behavior |
| blandly | in a mild, dull way |
| grotesque | fantastic or strange |
| futile | useless, vain |
| bizarre | distorted in manner or appearance |
| Amazon | large river in South America |
| Carribbean Sea | a part of the Atlantic Ocean |
| flushed quarry | drove prey into the open |
| palatial chateau | mansion as big as a palace |
| gargoyle | distorted animal form projecting from a building |
| astrakhan | fur made from young lambs |
| Cossack | fierce people from southern Russia |
| cosmopolite | person at home in all parts of the world |
| debacle | bad defeat |
| lascars | Oriental sailors |
| tartar | stubborn, violent person |
| au revoir | French for "until we meet again" |
