| A | B |
|---|
| entreated | to beg; to ask |
| assail | to attack |
| usurp | to seize; to confiscate |
| portentous | foreboding; threatening; sinister |
| privy | made participant in a secret |
| auspicious | delightful; joyous; happy; lucky; favorable |
| dirge | funeral song; death march |
| visage | the face or facial expression of a person |
| calumnious | slanderous; attacking one's character |
| precept | rule; principle |
| pernicious | deadly |
| glean | to gather; to collect |
| rogue | villain; fiend; scoundrel |
| firmament | the sky; the heavens |
| quintessence | ideal; essence; perfect model |
| consummation | completion; achievement |
| calamity | disaster; cause of great distress |
| wantonness | immorality; extravagance |
| buffet | to hit or strike against |
| beguile | to deceive; to cheat |
| contagion | the causative agent of a disease |
| fetters | chains or shackles attached to the ankles |
| diadem | a crown indicative of royalty |
| whet | to sharpen; to stimulate |
| discord | lack of agreement |
| garrisoned | assign troops for protection |
| exhort | to urge by strong argument |
| superfluous | extra; beyond what is needed |
| abate | to lessen; to decrease |
| remiss | negligent; lax in attending to duty |
| prate | to talk idly; to chatter |
| perdition | eternal damnation; hell |
| aloof | distant; indifference; unapproachable |
| palpable | capable of being felt; obvious; real; tangible |
