| A | B |
|---|
| peril | danger |
| surveying | looking over carefully |
| grimace | facial expression of pain or disgust |
| fate | destiny |
| credulity | gullibility, believe too easily |
| exuberant | vigorous and unrestrained |
| valor | courage; bravery |
| assert | to put forward in a forward or insistent qay |
| decree | an official order |
| procure | to obtain |
| doleful | sad; mournful |
| subordinate | less important, lower in rank |
| retribution | punishment for bad behavior |
| imperious | proud; overbearing |
| destiny | unavoidable lot in life; fate |
