| A | B |
|---|
| audacioius | daring; bold |
| connoisseur | a person of informed and discriminating taste |
| vigil | a period of watchfulness or waiting |
| brusquely | abruptly |
| agape | in a state of amazement with the mouth wide open |
| deluge | a heavy downpour |
| vexation | annoyance |
| commutation | substitution; exchange |
| finesse | skillful, delicate handling |
| solicitations | pleas; petitions |
| unmitigated | without qualification or exception; absolute |
| indelibly | permanently |
| inexorably | relentlessly |
| incredulity | disbelief |
| silhouetted | looking dark against a light background |
| skein | length of thread or yard rolled into a loose ball |
| malignancy | evil |
| heir | one who inherits |
| pugnacious | belligerent; has a fighting nature |
| tenacity | perseverance |
| executor | person appointed to carry out a will |
| apparition | ghostly figure |
| abhor | loathe; hate |
| corroborated | supported with other evidence |
| endeavor | try |
| circumspect | prudent; mindful of circumstances |
| catastrophe | a great, often sudden calamity |
| dismay | upset; alarm; disillusion; loss of enthusiasm |
| erroneous | mistaken |
| mullioned | with divided panes |
| fiend | spirit; demon |
| ample | enough |
| luminous | emitting light |
| amid | in the middle of |
| implicit | unquestioning |
| injunctions | directives; orders |
| approbation | official approval |
| bourgeois | middle class |
