| A | B |
|---|
| titillate | to excite pleasurably; arouse by stimulatioin;tickle |
| prodiigious | being an omen; portentous; exciting amazement or wonder |
| iniquity | wicked or unjust act; sin |
| diametrical | directly opposite; being at opposite extremes |
| inculcation | the teaching and impressing of by frequent repetitions or admonitions |
| abrogation | the act of abolishing by authoritative action; an annulment, a doing away with; a nullification |
| propitiation | the act of gaining or regaining the favor or goodwill of |
| fetish | object believed to have magic power |
| puritanical | of, relating to, or characterized by a rigid morality; sever; austere; strict in morals and religion |
| exaltation | praise; glorificatioin, elevation |
| remorseless | having no pity or compassion; merciless |
| contentious | quarrelsome, given to verbal struggling, dispute, controversy; syn. belligerent |
| plaintiff | the party that institutes a suit in a court |
| effrontery | impudent and insulting boldness; presumptuous self-assertion; audacity. syn. temerity |
| guile | insidious, treacherous cunning; craftiness; |
| incredulous | disbelieving; skeptical; expressing disbelief |
| gaunt | emaciated (made thin, as by starvation or illness) and haggard; drawn; think and bony |
| gibbet | a gallows; an upright post with a crossspiece, forming a T-shaped structure from which executed criminals were hung for public viewing |
| adamant | firm in purpose or opinion; unyielding. syn. inflexible |
| embodiment | that which invests something with or as if with bodily form |
| penitence | a feeling or expression of remorse for one's misdeeds or sins; sorrow for having done wrong |
