| A | B |
| befouled | to make dirty or filthy |
| loathing | a strong dislike or disgust |
| somberly | to do in an extremely serious manner |
| torrid | burning heat, passionate |
| illumination | intellectual enlightment |
| assimilating | bringing together |
| woebegone | suffering troubled |
| myopia | nearsightness |
| trodden | to form by the action of walking or trampling |
| propritiatingly | to do in a way that appeases/pleases |
| prospect | to search or explore a region |
| paunched | potbelly |
| truculently | to do fierecely, savagely |
| cessation | a stopping of something |
| parried | to ward off |
| incantation | chanting |
| talisman | a charm that has powerful influence on human feelings/action |
| leaden | heavy |
| inimical | hostile, unfriendly |
| antiphonal | responding through chanting or singing |
| ululation | howl or hoot |
| ensconce | to hide securley |
| cordon | a line of people or things used to enclose an area |
| Diddle | to cheat |
| trundle | to roll along |
| crepitation | crackling sound |