| A | B |
|---|
| alacrity | speed or quickness; eagerness |
| antithesis | direct or exact opposite |
| ardent | displaying strong enthusiasm |
| aural | perceived by the ear |
| baleful | ominous |
| balk | refuse obstinately |
| bereft | sorrowful through loss |
| bier | stand to support a corpse |
| bulwark | wall or embankment |
| cache | hiding place |
| cogency | quality of being logically valid |
| contrived | obviously planned or calculated |
| crag | steep rugged mass of rocks |
| damascened | decorated metal with wavy patterns of inlay |
| deluge | something that overwhelms |
| depredations | a raid |
| dirge | funeral hymn |
| disconsolate | extremely dejected |
| ffulgence | brilliant radiance |
| emanations | an emission |
| ensconced | settle oneself securely |
| ethos | distinctive spirit of a culture |
| extolled | praise highly |
| felicity | great happiness |
| glutton | person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess |
