| A | B |
|---|
| precluded | prevented |
| redresser | a person who sets something right |
| imposture | fraud; deception |
| accost | to approach and speak to, especially in a rude way |
| gesticulation | hand motion |
| obstinate | stubborn |
| endeavored | made a serious attempt |
| circumscribing | restricting or limiting |
| crypt | an underground burial place |
| absconded | ran away and hid |
| irreplaceable | cannot be restored or put back in its original condition |
| enunciate | to speak each word clearly and distinctly |
| holocaust | destruction by fire |
| ominous | threatening, sinister |
| random | without plan or pattern |
| fallout | particles of radioactive material that fall to the earth after a nuclear explosion |
| wringer | a machine or device that squeezes water out of wet clothes |
| stingy | miserly |
| Mercurochrome | a mild, red-liguid germ-killer applied to small wounds on the skin |
| somersault | act of flipping one's body heels over head |
| dowry | property brought to her husband by a woman at the time of marriage |
| exorbitant | going beyond what is usual |
| scanty | not enough |
| predicament | difficult situation |
| pauper | poor person |
| vexation | annoyance |
| disconsolate | unable to be comforted |
| incessantly | continually |
| instinctive | natural |
| dinginess | dirtiness |
| rank | growing vigorously |
| billow | to swell or surge like a wave |
| vortex | a whirl of air or water |
| infallibility | inability to do wrong; dependability |
| reiterate | to repeat |
| uncoordinated | not funtioning harmoniously |
| armada | a fleet of warships |
| solder | to join or patch with melted metal |
| evanesce | to disappear |
| vermilion | bright red |
