| A | B |
|---|
| entreated | v.-- to beg; to ask |
| assail | v.-- to attack |
| fortified | v.--shielded; secured; protected |
| illume | v.-- to brighten; to lighten |
| usurp | v.-- to seize; to confiscate |
| avouch | v.-- to certify; to confirm; to guarantee |
| esteemed | v.-- to honor; to respect; to prize; to treasure |
| ratified | v.-- approved; confirmed; legalized |
| portentous | adj.-- foreboding; threatening; sinister |
| privy | adj.-- made participant in a secret |
| discretion | n.-- permission to make decisions with own judgment |
| auspicious | adj.-- delightful; joyous; happy; lucky; favorable |
| dirge | n.-- funeral song; death march |
| visage | n.-- the face or facial expression of a person |
| denote | v.- to indicate; to mark; to signal; to mean |
| countenance | n.-- appearance; facial expression |
| calumnious | adj.-- slanderous; attacking one's character |
| precept | n.-- rule; principle |
| perilous | adj.-- dangerous |
| pernicious | adj.-- deadly |
| glean | v.-- to gather; to collect |
| sovereign | adj.-- absolute; total undisputed / n.-- a king; a monarch |
| satirical | adj.-- sarcastic; biting; mocking |
| rogue | n.-- villain; fiend; scoundrel |
| firmament | n.-- the sky; the heavens |
| pestilent | adj.-- deadly; likely to cause an epidemic |
| quintessence | n.-- ideal; essence; perfect model |
| malefactions | n.-- evil deeds |
| consummation | n.-- completion; achievement |
| calamity | n.-- disaster; cause of great distress |
| wantonness | n.-- immorality; extravagance |
| dejected | adj.-- depressed; disheartened |
| abominably | adv.-- detestably; with hatred |
| buffet | v.-- to hit or strike against |
| clemency | n.-- leniency; mercy |
| beguile | v.-- to deceive; to cheat |
| contagion | n.-- the causative agent of a disease |
| fetters | n.-- chains or shackles attached to the ankles |
| compelled | v.-- forced |
| diadem | n.-- a crown indicative of royalty |
| chide | v.-- to scold; to reprimand |
| whet | v.-- to sharpen; to stimulate |
| mandate | n.-- a command; a decree |
| discord | n.-- lack of agreement |
| garrisoned | v.-- assign troops for protection |
| exhort | v.-- to urge by strong argument |
| imminent | adj.-- about to happen |
| conjectures | n.-- guesses; suppositions |
| superfluous | adj.-- extra; beyond what is needed |
| incensed | adj.-- angered; infuriated |
| abate | v.-- to lessen; to decrease |
| remiss | adj.-- negligent; lax in attending to duty |
| abhorred | adj.-- hated; disgusting |
| prate | v.-- to talk idly; to chatter |
| sultry | adj.-- oppressively hot |
| perdition | n.-- eternal damnation; hell |
| faction | n.-- a group |
| aloof | adj.-- distant; indifference; unapproachable |
| palpable | adj.-- capable of being felt; obvious; real; tangible |
| treachery | n.-- willful betrayal of trust; deception |
