| A | B |
| abhor | find repungnant |
| abominable | exceptionally bad or displeasing |
| accrue | grow by addition |
| appease | to make peace with |
| ascribe | attribute or credit to |
| avarice | extreme greed |
| castigate | inflict severe punishment on |
| clamor | loud and persistent outcry from many people |
| courtliness | elegance suggestive of a royal court |
| degraded | lowered in value |
| deliverance | recovery or preservation from loss or danger |
| discern | detect with the senses |
| dispirited | low in spirits |
| entreaty | earnest or urgent request |
| flay | to whip or lash |
| induce | cause to do |
| infatuated | foolish or unreasoning fondness |
| license | act of giving formal authorization |
| malady | sickness, illness |
| mitigation | to cause an offense to seem less serious |
| negotiable | legally transferable to ownership of another |
| parley | negotiation between enemies |
| personable | pleasant in appearance and personality |
| rapt | wholly absorbed as in thought |
| reprehensible | deserving severe rebuke or censure |
| retaliate | make a counterattack and return evil for evil |
| sedately | in a clam and dignified manner |
| stark | providing no shelter or sustenance |
| translucent | almost transparent |
| whet | make keen or more acute |