| A | B |
|---|
| fervent | passionate, glowing |
| requisite | required; a necessity |
| inexorable | relentless, unyielding |
| disconsolate | hopelessly sad |
| sublime | exalted; inspiring awe |
| caprice | impulsive change of mind, whim |
| tertiary | third place or rank |
| immutable | not susceptible to change |
| prognosticate | to predict on the basis of present indications |
| imbued | saturated, filled |
| recapitulation | the act of being repeated; summarized |
| erroneously | mistakenly |
| unhallowed | not sacred, wicked, sinful, evil |
| delineate | describe in words |
| lassitude | weariness |
| palpitation | throbbing, beating rapidly |
| languor | lack of enthusiasm |
| vivacity | liveliness |
| encomiums | songs of praise, highly complimentary |
| exculpated | to free from blame, prove guiltless |
| conjecture | guess, theorize |
| timorous | timid, easily frightened |
| absolution | freeing from guilt or blame |
| lamentations | cries of sorrow or grief, wailing, mourning |
| epoch | beginning of a period of time or era when something striking happens |
| impetuous | impulsive, brash; rushing with violence |
| reverberated | resounded; reflected |
| mutability | ability to change |
| opaque | impenetrable by or not reflecting light |
| uncouth | crude, unrefined, awkward |
| assuage | to make less severe; to satisfy or appease |
| purloined | stolen |
| arbiters | one who has power to judge or decide |
| verdure | fresh greenness of flourishing vegetation |
| cadence | rhythmic flow, vocal inflection |
| emulation | trying to equal or excel |
| adverse | unfavorable, harmful |
| vice | fault, bad habit |
| imbued | filled with; inspired |
| supplication | humble and earnest request or prayer |
| consternation | great dismay; paralyzing terror |
| myriads | countless |
| epithets | curses; hateful comments |
| feint | a false pretense, movement intended to deceive |
| manifold | of many kinds; many and various |
| intimated | suggested indirectly, hinted |
| sedulous | hard-working, diligent |
| indolence | idleness, laziness |
| antiquity | things from times long ago, great age |
| rendezvous | meeting place |
| profundity | a deep intellectual ability |
| politic | prudent; wise in looking out for one’s own interests |
| retrospect | a review or contemplation of past events |
| vexations | those problems that irritate or annoy |
| enunciate | to pronounce clearly; articulate |
| acme | the point of highest achievement |
| invective | an abusive speech; violent attack with words |
| posterity | generations of the future |
| illustrious | celebrated; famous |
| fraught | attended; accompanied |
