| A | B |
|---|
| pretense | a claim made or implied; especially : one not supported by fact |
| ecstasy | a state of being beyond reason and self-control; especially rapturous delight |
| exquisite | marked by flawless craftsmanship or by beautiful, ingenious, delicate, or elaborate execution |
| reverie | daydream; the condition of being lost in thought |
| famished | intensely hungry |
| luxuriant | adding to pleasure or comfort but not absolutely necessary |
| superficial | concerned only with the obvious or apparent : shallow |
| enraptured | filled with delight |
| initial | placed at the beginning : first |
| ravenous | very eager or greedy for food, satisfaction, or gratification |
| ledger | a book containing accounts to which debits and credits are posted from books of original entry |
| reverberate | to continue in or as if in a series of echoes : resound |
| ransack | to search through to commit robbery : plunder |
| rummage | to engage in an undirected or haphazard search |
| heath | an extensive area of rather level open uncultivated land usually with poor coarse soil, inferior drainage, and a surface rich in peat or peaty humus |
