| A | B |
|---|
| entourage | the group following and attending to some important person |
| resolve | the trait of being resolute; firmness of purpose |
| doughty | resolute and without fear |
| crest | the top point of a mountain or hill |
| ostracize | avoid speaking to or dealing with |
| convivial | occupied with or fond of the pleasures of good company |
| furbelow | a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim |
| disfigure | mar or spoil the appearance of |
| gullible | easily tricked because of being too trusting |
| crony | a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities |
| repel | force or drive back |
| luxuriant | produced or growing in extreme abundance |
| hermit | one who lives in solitude |
| inveigle | influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering |
| sinister | stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable |
| wasteland | an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation |
| affect | make believe with the intent to deceive |
| benign | pleasant and beneficial in nature or influence |
| cavalcade | a number of important people, things, or events appearing or happening in a short space of time |
| enhance | make better or more attractive |
| unflinching | not changing or stopping, despite difficulties |
| ploy | a maneuver in a game or conversation |
| infect | affect in a contagious way |
| stark | complete or extreme |
| retinue | the group following and attending to some important person |
| resolve | make clearly visible |
| crest | in medieval times, an emblem used to decorate a helmet |
| ostracize | expel from a community or group |
| gullible | naive and easily deceived or tricked |
| repel | reject outright and bluntly |
| luxuriant | marked by complexity and richness of detail |
| hermit | one retired from society for religious reasons |
| sinister | stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable |
| affect | connect closely and often incriminatingly |
| benign | not dangerous to health; not recurrent or |
| cavalcade | a line of people, walking, on horses, or in vehicles, who are moving slowly as part of a ceremony |
| enhance | increase |
| unflinching | not shrinking from danger |
| ploy | an opening remark intended to secure an advantage for the speaker |
| infect | contaminate with ideas or an ideology |
| stark | providing no shelter or sustenance |
| resolve | bring to an end; settle conclusively |
| crest | a showy growth of e.g. feathers or skin on the head of a bird or other animal |
| repel | cause to move back by force or influence |
| affect | the conscious subjective aspect of feeling or emotion |
| benign | of disposition or manner |
| cavalcade | a procession of people traveling on horseback |
| resolve | reach a decision |
| crest | reach a high point |
| repel | fill with distaste |
| affect | have an emotional or cognitive impact upon |
| crest | lie at the top of |
| infect | contaminate with a disease or microorganism |
| stark | severely simple |
| infect | communicate a disease to |
| stark | completely |
