| A | B |
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| Enormity | the quality of exceeeding alll moral bounds; an exceedingly evil act; huge size, immensity. |
| Falter | to hesitate, stumble, lose courage; to speak hesitatingly; to lose drive, weaken, decline. |
| Foreboding | (n.) a warning or feeling that something bad will happen; (adj.) marked by feare, ominous. |
| wry | twisted, turned to one side; cleverly and often grimly humorous |
| simper | (v.) to smile or speak in a silly, forced way; (n.) a silly, forced smile |
| Amplify | to make stronger, larger, greater, louder, or the like |
| disclaim | to deny interest in or connection with; to give up all claim to. |
| niche | a decorative recess in a wall; a suitable place or position for a person or thing. |
| ransack | to search or examine thouroughly; to rob, plunder |
| ramshackle | appearing ready to collapse, loose and shaky. |
| dregs | the last remaining part; the part of least worth |
| embody | to give form to; to incorporate, include; to personify. |
| pallid | pale, lacking color; weak and lifeless. |
| parable | a short narrative designed to teach a moral lesson. |
| inert | lifeless, unable to move or act; slow inactive. |
