| A | B |
|---|
| indigence | seriously impoverished condition |
| malady | any disorder or disease of the body, especially one that is chronic or deepseated |
| martyr | someone who dies for a cause |
| miscreant | holding a false or unorthodox religious belief; heretical; villain |
| penitence | regret for one's wrongdoing or sinning |
| plaintive | expressing sorrow or melancholy; mournful |
| prevarication | a false or deliberate misstatement; lie |
| purge | to rid of whatever is impure or undesirable; clease; purify |
| relic | a surviving memorial of something past |
| renown | widespread and high repute; fame |
| repent | regret or be conscience-stricken about a past action |
| sanguine | cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, or confident |
| solicitious | characterized by or showing interest or concern |
| sundry | various or diverse |
| tacit | understood without being openly expressed |
| terse | neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy |
| umbrage | offense; annoyance; displeasure |
| vice | an immoral or evil habit or practice |
| victuals | food supplies |
| wanton | without regard for what is right, just, humane |
