| A | B |
| Malefic | having a harmful or evil effect or influence |
| Parochial | narrow minded |
| Implication | an indirect suggestion |
| Allegory | a symbolic work |
| Contrition | repentence |
| Belie | to give false impression |
| Credo | a statement of Christian beliefs |
| Illusory | imaginary |
| Crescendo | increase in loudness |
| Coercive | using force to make someone act against his will |
| Proscribe | to prohibit something that is considered undesirable by those in authority |
| Frisson | a brief intense reaction of excitement or terror |
| Lubricious | lewd or obscene |
| Accrue | to increase in amount |
| Dogma | religious belief |
| Lexis | vocabulary |
| Rhetorician | a skilled speaker or writer |
| Traduce | to disparage someone or something |
| Obloquy | statements that severely criticize or defame someone |
| Debilitating | weakening |
| Orthodox | following traditional doctrine |
| Acquiesce | to agree to something passively |
| Piety | religious devotion |
| Absolution | foregiveness of sins |