| A | B |
|---|
| smitten | marked by foolish fondness |
| dissemble | to disguise behind a false appearance |
| transgress | to act in violation of |
| provision | a preparatory action |
| tyrannical | marked by unjust severity |
| fawn | to exhibit affection |
| submission | an act of yielding to power |
| wretched | contemptible |
| tempest | a violent windstorm |
| progeny | an offspring of a descendant |
| oracle | the answer of a god to inquire respecting some future event |
| diadem | a crown worn as a sign of royalty |
| bestow | to present as a gift |
| reprieve | postponement of a punishment |
| suppliant | one who asks humbly |
| bridegroom | a man just married or about to be married |
| travail | hard work |
| sepulcher | a grave; a tomb |
| brazen | unrestrained by convention; shameless |
| promontory | a high ridge of land or rock jutting out into a body of water |
| harem | section of a house reserved for women members of a Muslim household |
| ravenous | extremely hungry |
| meticulous | extremely careful and precise |
| shroud | to shut off from sight |
| indisposition | a minor ailment |
| obstinacy | quality of being stubborn |
| rectify | to set right |
| brandish | to wave or flourish menacingly |
| pallid | lacking intensity of color or illumination |
| tauten | to draw tightly |
| implicit | implied or understood though not directly expressed |
| prostrate | reduced to extreme weakness or incapacitation |
| newfangled | new and often needlessly novel |
| scrupulous | conscientious and exact |
| admonition | cautionary advice or warning |
| blandishment | a word or act expressive of affection |
| millinery | articles, especially women's hats |
| debacle | a sudden disastrous collapse or defeat |
| reverberate | reecho |
| nonplussed | filled with bewilderment |
| reveille | a signal to get out of bed |
| imperturbable | unshakably calm |
| ingenuous | openly straightforward |
| dispensary | infirmary |
| patronymic | a name derived from one's father |
| amalgamate | to combine into a unified whole |
| hussar | one of the light cavalry of European armies |
| troika | Russian carriage drawn by horses |
| lath | a thin strip of wood nailed to framing supports |
| scaffolding | raised wooden platform providing support |
| peremptory | putting an end to all debates |
| kasha | buckwheat porridge |
| swarthy | having a dark complexion |
| cadge | to get by begging |
| kulak | a prosperous landed peasant in Czarist Russia |
| derisive | mocking, jeering |
| cordon | a line of people stationed around an area to enclose or guard it |
| famished | extremely hungry |
| parched | dried to extremity |
| indelible | impossible to erase |
| abhor | to loathe |
| ambivalent | characterized by a mixture of opposite feelings or attitudes |
| arbitrary | selected at random and without reason |
| coalesce | to grow together; to unite into a whole |
| comprehensive | covering completely or broadly |
| conformity | similarity in form or character |
| divergent | drawing apart from a common point |
| docile | easily taught |
| engender | to cause; to exist; to develop |
| ephemeral | fleeting |
| gregarious | very sociable |
| innate | essential, inherited, native |
| monumental | massive |
| prohibitive | forbidding; discouraging |
| repeal | to revoke or rescind |
| sedentary | passive |
| superfluous | extra |
| tout | to praise or publicize loudly or extravagantly |
| transitory | temporary |
| warrant | justify |
| ablutions | the washing of ones body as a religious rite |
| atonement | amends made for a wrong |
| bast | inner fibrous bark of a plant |
| benediction | a blessing |
| benevolence | inclination to perform charitable acts |
| contemptuous | scornful |
| countenance | appearance; especially the expression of face |
| emanate | to come or send forth |
| erudition | deep extensive learning |
| fester | to be or become an increasing source of irritation or resentment |
| forbearance | patience |
| insatiable | impossible to satisfy |
| intrinsic | inherent |
| presentiment | premonition |
| serenity | peacefulness; calmness |
| smart | to cause a sharp stinging pain |
| subservient | subordinate; servile |
| supplication | a humble act of begging |
| tenacity | being persistant, firm, or stubborn |
| veneration | profound respect or reverence |
| foible | a minor weakness of character |
| puling | whining |
| fractious | stubbornly resistant to authority or control |
| slake | to satisfy (a craving); quench |
| wanton | one who is immoral, lewd, or licentious |
| quail | to shrink back in fear |
| taciturn | habitually silent |
| garrulous | given to excessive and often trivial talk |
| vicarious | felt or undergone as if one were taking part in the experience or feelings of another |
| propitious | presenting favorable circumstances |
| voluminous | having great volume |
| oblique | indirect or evasive |
| assuagement | the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed |
| offal | waste parts, refuse |
| tremulous | marked by trembling or quivering |
| unpalatable | not pleasing to the taste |
| quiescent | being in a state of repose |
| inexorable | unyielding |
| impudence | the quality of being offensively bold |
| paroxysms | a sudden attack or recurrence of a disease |
