| A | B |
|---|
| diatribe | condemnation; bitter, abusive criticism. |
| ransom | a price or a payment demanded in return for the release of property or a person. |
| apparition | a sudden or unusual sight. |
| aberration | a moving away from the normal to the atypical. |
| undeleterious | harmless. |
| philoprogenitiveness | love for one's own children. |
| radius | range or area. |
| bas-relief | slightly reised; a kind of sculpture. |
| brake | a thick grouping of trees or undergrowth. |
| court-plaster | adhesive cloth for covering superficial cuts or scratches. |
| magic-lantern views | slides. |
| dassent | dare not. |
| pervade | to be spread or to be present throughout. |
| King Herod | King who ruled Judea and ordered the execution of all boys in Bethlelem younger than two years old. |
| decry | to minimize or make light of. |
| collaborate | to work together on a project |
| comply | to act according to a command, request, or order. |
| surreptitiously | in a sneaky way; secretly |
| palatable | acceptable to the taste; able to be eaten. |
| depredation | rubbery or plundering. |
| cauterized | biurned a wound in order to stop bleeding or to promote healinng. |
| proposition | a suggested plan. |
| commend | to speak highly of; to praise. |
| impudent | offensively bold and disrespectful. |
| crabbed hand | handwriting that is difficult to read. |
| Bedlam | an innsane asylum. |
| calliope | an instrument fitted with steam whistles, played by keyboard. |
