| A | B |
|---|
| conspicuous | easily seen; attracting notice |
| contemptuous | scornful |
| sentry | a guard |
| shroud | cloth in which dead are wrapped for burial |
| labyrinth | a maze |
| stalwart | strongly built; strong and brave |
| swooned | fainted |
| stupor | dazed condition |
| dissent | disagree; differ in opinion |
| morsel | small bite; a mouthful |
| fugitive | person who is fleeing or who has fled |
| prodigious | very great; huge |
| initiation | formal admission into a group |
| insipid | dull; colorless; weak |
| comic relief | the writer reduces suspense by writing something funny |
| maxim | a short statement that expresses a general truth |
| imagery | figurative language that appeals to the reader's senses |
| satire | the use of humor to attack the vices and follies of mankind |
