| A | B |
|---|
| imminent | likely to happen soon |
| declassee | lowered in social status |
| iridescent | having shifting, rainbow like colors |
| rueful | feeling sorrow or regret |
| infallibility | condition of being unable to fail |
| resplendent | shining brightly |
| vortex | rushing whirl, drawing in all that surrounds it |
| disheveled | arranged and untidy |
| entrails | internal organs, specifically intestines |
| profoundly | deeply intensely |
| blandly | in a mild or soothing manner |
| grotesque | having a strange bizarre design |
| futile | prevented; made in impossible in advance |
| retribution | payback; punishment for a misdeed |
| accosted | greeted, especially in an aggressive way |
| afflicted | suffering or sickened |
| explicit | clearly stated |
| recoiling | staggering back |
| termination | end |
| precariously | insecurely (wibbly-wobbly) |
| harrowed | lines in the soil from a harrow (farm equipment with deep teeth used to make lines to plant) |
| evanesced | faded away |
| astutely | cleverly or cunningly |
| palpable | Able to be touched or felt |
| indolently | lazily; idly |
| bizarre | odd in appearance |
| naive | unsophisticated |
| scruples | misgivings about something one feels is wrong |
| subsided | settle down |
| lassoed | wrapped around |
| formality | established rules or customs |
| pallid | pale |
| vanquished | defeated |
| fetid | smell |
| impassive | showing no emotion |
| disconsolately | unhappily |
| unrequited | not reciprocated |
| impunity | freedom from consequence |
| immolation | destruction |
| connoisseur | expert judgment |
| precluded | to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of |
| chaste | refraining from sexual intercourse that is regarded as contrary to morality or religion |
| meretricious | alluring by a show of flashy or vulgar attractions; tawdry. |
| cascade | anything that resembles a waterfall, especially in seeming to flow or fall in abundance |
| instigates | to cause by incitement; foment |
| depreciate | to lessen the value or price of. |
| discreet | modestly unobtrusive; unostentatious |
| ravages | to work havoc; do ruinous damage. |
