| A | B |
|---|
| admonitions | friendly warnings or reproofs |
| pompous | snobbish; pretentious |
| passel | a large number or amount |
| precariously | unsteadily; dangerously |
| stoic | unmoved by joy or grief |
| skirted | avoided |
| quagmire | a soft, swampy area; bog |
| curt | brief in language |
| raucous | chaotic; rambunctious |
| allayed | calmed down; diminished; lessened |
| chagrin | a feeling of humiliation or disappointment |
| hoisted | raised or lifted |
| radiance | warm, cheerful brightness |
| vigorously | energetically; forcefully |
| secession | withdrawal from the Union |
| penetrate | to pierce |
| pretext | an excuse |
| urgency | something that needs immediate action or attention |
| inclination | an attitude towards something |
| shunned | to keep away from; to exclude |
| unyielding | firm, strict, inflexible |
| clambering | pertaining to plants that creep or climb |
| loam | a rich, dark, organic soil |
| coveted | desired; much wished for |
| monotony | lack of variety |
| malaria | a disease carried by mosquitoes that affects the red blood cells |
| verified | confirmed; proven true |
| incoherent | not clearly or logically connected; disjointed |
| contradictory | something that is opposing what someone believes or says |
| ruthless | without mercy; cruel; having no pity |
| underestimate | to incorrectly look down on something or someone |
| brooked | tolerated; put up with |
| chaotic | without control; crazy and hectic |
| complicity | association or involvement in a wrongful act |
| provender | provisions; dried food for domestic animals |
| vindictiveness | tendency to seek revenge or to retaliate |
| clemency | mercy; forgiveness |
| deluded | deceived or mislead (people) |
| degradation | reduction in dignity |
| rhetorically | not needing an answer |
| paeans | songs of joy, praise, or triumph |
| abolitionist | a person who wanted to do away with slavery |
| tumult | commotion, uproar, agitation |
| tremulous | trembling from fear |
| authoritative | having control |
| veered | shifted or turned the topic |
| seething | surging or agitating |
| incredulously | skeptically; expressing disbelief |
| defiantly | boldly, daringly, rebelliously |
| militia | body of citizens with some military training |
| winced | cringed or flinched from pain |
| clutched | grasped firmly |
| fatigue | physical or mental weariness |
| bunting | patriotic fabric used for decorations |
| prestige | reputation arising from success |
| eloquence | the ability to speak with fluency |
| scurrying | moving with haste |
| hollow | meaningless; without significance |
| chafed | to become impatient at delay |
| emancipation | the act or process of setting someone free; freedom |
| wastrel | spendthrift |
| whim | a sudden wish |
| scant | barely sufficient |
| squabbling | petty arguing, quarreling or bickering |
| tenacious | defiant; resistant; persistent |
| embellished | enhanced; exaggerated |
| inept | unskilled; awkward or clumsy; incapable of performing an action |
| interspersed | scattered here and there |
| appalling | disgusting, atrocious, shocking |
| foreboding | a strong inner feeling of future misfortune |
| forays | quick raids |
| gangrenous | life-threatening, infected, decaying due to disease |
| credence | belief as to the truth of something |
| reiterated | said or did repeatedly |
| meddled | interfered without the right to do so |
