| A | B |
|---|
| explicit | definite |
| lair | the home of a wild animal |
| execrate | to curse, denounce |
| impart | to give; to make known |
| divine | to guess |
| disconsolate | unable to be comforted; dejected |
| larceny | theft |
| consternation | amazement; bewilderment |
| remonstrate | to protest |
| garret | the attic |
| interpose | to intoduce an interrupting remark in a conversation; to come between as a settling force |
| pall | anything dark and gloomy that covers or wraps around something |
| rimy | frosty |
| desolation | misery; loneliness |
| imprecation | a curse |
| prodigious | enormous; impressive in size or extent |
| vicarious | experienced through imagined sharing in another's activities |
| compassionate | sympathetic |
| profound | complete; deep |
| declamation | a speech delivered in a dramatic manner |
| commiserate | to sympathize with |
| indignation | anger |
| abhorrence | hatred; disgust |
| appall | to horrify; shock |
| omnipotent | all-powerful |
| imperious | domineering; arrogant |
| meditative | in deep thoughtfullness; pensive |
| apprehension | anxiety; fear |
| asunder | apart |
| execrate | to curse; denounce |
| grovel | to cringe |
| interpose | to intoduce an interrupting remark in a conversation; to come between as a settling force |
| parley | a discussion held to settle a dispute |
| render | to express in one's own way |
| oracle | something or someone believed to be a source of wisdom |
| expend | to use up |
| epistle | a letter; message |
| erudition | extensive knowledge obtained through reading and study |
| concilatory | soothing; friendly |
| ablution | a washing of the body or part of it |
| speculation | a theory or conclusion based in guesswork |
| discomfit | to make uneasy; embarass |
| aversion | an extreme dislike |
| contemptuous | scornful |
| ignominious | disgraceful |
| testy | touchy |
| felicitous | suitable to a specific purpose |
| synopsis | a brief summary |
| indiscriminate | haphazard; unrestrained |
| expound | to explain in detail |
| commend | to give refards, or good wishes to someone |
| bereave | to leave sad or forlorn, as by death |
| proprieties | accepted behavior in polite society |
| oppressive | hard to bear |
| discernible | distinguishable |
| plaintive | sad |
| contemplate | to think about carefully; look at intently |
| obnoxious | hateful |
| condescend | to come down to the level of someone regarded as inferior |
| unparalleled | unequaled |
| dexterous | skillful |
| allude | to make a casual or indirect reference |
| remonstrate | to protest |
| diabolical | devilish |
| coherent | logical; consistent in thought |
| gravity | seriousness |
| sagacious | knowledgeable |
| ulterior | remote; beyond what is immediately evident |
| swarthy | having a dark complexion |
| hermitage | a place to live that is away from other people |
| morose | gloomy |
| retort | to answer in a sharp, quick way; a counterarguement |
| unscrupulous | not caring about what is right or wrong |
| discomposure | the lack of calmness |
| malignant | very harmful |
| surmise | to guess |
| corroborate | to confirm |
| altercation | a noisy quarrel |
| exultant | joyful |
| counterface | the face; the look on a person's face |
| imperceptible | hardly noticeable; gradual |
| capricious | tending to change one's mind suddenly; flighty |
| disaffection | the loss of affection or loyalty |
| pious | showing religious devotion |
| disinterested | having no selfish interest or motive |
| endow | to give money or property |
| placable | capable of being calmed or soothed |
| valedictory | pertaining to a parting or farewell |
| clemency | mercy |
| audacious | fearless; rudely bold |
| intimate | to hint |
| gloat | to feel great pleasure over another's loss or suffering |
| dilapadated | in a state of disrepair |
| magnanimous | noble in mind and heart |
| confound | to mix up; confuse |
| acquiesce | to agree readily |
| constraint | emotional repression |
| courtier | a person who serves at a royal court; a person who seeks favor through flattery |
| buffet | a punch with the fist |
| discomfiture | embarrassment; uneasiness |
| niggardly | stingy |
| fabulous | unbelieveable |
| beguile | to decieve; trick; to spend time pleasantly |
| ordnance | military weaponry |
| decanter | an ornamental glass bottle used for serving liquids |
| patronize | to treat others with an air of superiority |
| depreciation | belittlement |
| intolerable | unbearable |
| discretion | caution |
| adversary | an opponent or enemy |
| mortification | humiliation |
| impartial | showing no favoritism |
| pettish | irritable |
| execrate | to curse; denounce |
| disparity | inequality or difference in rank, quality, or age |
| inaccessible | unapproachable |
| verily | archaic, truly |
| smite | to afflick; to strike forcefully |
| compose | to calm or quiet oneself |
| miscreant | a wicked person |
| paroxysm | a sudden fit or spasm |
| prostrate | to be flat; to kneel or fall to the ground in humility or surrender; lying flat |
| culminate | to come to the highest degree or effect |
| penitential | expressing remorse for one's wrongs |
| reparation | something paid or given to make up for an injury or loss |
| impetuosity | an impulsive act |
| diffidence | shyness |
| thwart | to frustrate; defeat |
| adjunct | something connected to another thing in a helpful. but not necessary way |
| animosity | extreme haterd |
| habituate | to get used to something through frequent and repeated exposure |
| chronic | countinuing; recurrent |
| despond | to become discouraged |
| copious | plentiful |
| edify | to teach; enlighten |
| allusion | an indirect but meaningful reference |
| interment | burial |
| quarry | an anmial that is being hunted; a place where buildign stone is taken from the ground |
| cogent | forceful |
| auspicious | lucky; predicting a good future |
| waive | to put off for another time |
| injudicious | unwise |
| appertain | to relate to; belong to |
| contingent | dependent upon something that has not yet happened |
| reproach | an expression of rebuke or disapproval, the act or action of reproach or disapproving; a cause or occasion of blame, disorder or disgrace |
| impend | to be about to happen; threaten |
| incomprehensible | not understandable |
| relinquish | to give up |
| singularity | distinctness; individuality |
| abhorrence | hatred; disgust |
| repugnance | a feeling of intense dislike |
| reiterate | to say over and over again |
| inflammatory | fiery |
| dubious | vague; doubtful |
| uncouth | crude; clumsy |
| expatriate | to exile |
| extricate | to get out of entanglement |
| poacher | someone who hunts or fishes unlawfully on the property of another |
| turnkey | a person in charge of the keys in a jail |
| abhorrent | hateful; disgusting |
| profess | to declare openly |
| supercilious | haughty; scornful |
| incursion | a sudden entering into |
| spectral | ghostly |
| remorse | a feeling of guilt for having done something wrong |
| superscription | something written above or outside another thing |
| wicket | a small gate |
| fealty | loyalty |
| elate | to make very happy or proud |
| lacerated | wounded; torn |
| presentiment | a feeling that a particular thing will happen |
| apprise | to evaluate; judge |
| injunction | a command |
| brazen | made of or resembling brass in color and hardness; shameless, bold |
| insupportable | unbearable |
| irresolute | undecided |
| ineffectual | not producing a desired result |
| inconceivable | unbelieveable |
| causeway | a raised road across water or swampland |
| adjure | to command or appeal to solemnly |
| devolve | to be passed on to another person as a responsibility |
| demeanor | behavior; conduct |
| apparition | a ghost; a strange sight; a sudden appearance |
| inaptitude | lack of ability |
