| A | B |
|---|
| agony | great pain or anguish |
| beatific | blissful; heavenly |
| cadenced | dropped in pitch or tone of voice |
| chaff | seed coverings; strips of metal; something unimportant |
| consoling | providing comfort in a time of need |
| contemptible | deserving to be treated with hatred |
| cowardice | lack of courage |
| discourse | serious speech or piece of writing |
| dispersing | scatering; disapprearing |
| diverted | changed something's route or path |
| dune | a hill of sand |
| dwindled | reduced in number or amount |
| enambled | given a glassy covering or protective coating |
| ferrets | domesticated furry animals kept as pets |
| filigree | delicate decorative design made from silver, gold, or other metal |
| gibbering | talking or making sounds unintelligibly |
| gnat | a small biting fly |
| honed | improved something to a state of completion or excellence |
| hysterical | in a state of uncontrollable laughter or grief |
| incense | substance that gives off a pleasant smell when burned |
| insidious | slowly and subtly harmful and destructive |
| intuitively | knowing something instinctively |
| invigorated | filled with energy or vitality |
| latrine | a toilet, especially a communal one at a military base |
| mediorce | average; adequate, but not very good |
| moor | a large, uncultivated stretch of land |
| parried | blocked or dodged the effect of a weapon or violent attack |
| perfunctorily | done as a matter of duty or custom, without feeling or interest |
| phosphorescent | continuing to emit light; glowing |
| probing | conducting a thorough search; investigating |
| rebut | to deny the truth of soemthing by presenting arguments against it |
| profusion | an abundance ; a large amount |
| strewn | thrown about carelessly |
| suffused | spread over through something with light or color |
| teem | to be full of; overflowing |
