| A | B |
|---|
| cupola | a domelike structure surmounting a roof or dome |
| placidly | satisfied; complacent; calm or quiet |
| brooding | to be deep in thought; meditating |
| valiantly | possessing valor; brave |
| pickets | a detachment of one or more troops held in readiness to advance or to warn of an enemy's approach |
| pennant | a long, tapering, usually triangular flag used for signaling |
| cavalier | showing arrogant or off-hand disregard; dismissive |
| reproachfully | expressing reproach or blame |
| sentinels | one that keeps guard; a sentry |
| poised | assured; composed |
| perpetually | lasting for eternity |
| convulse | to shake or agitate violently |
| shoal | – a large group; a crowd |
| parley | – a discussion or conference |
| pungent | affecting the organs of taste or smell |
| disunion | the state of being disunited; separation |
| polyglot | speaking, writing, written in, or composed of several different languages |
| rhetoric | the art or study of using language persuasively and effectively |
| eerie | inspiring inexplicable fear, dread or uneasiness |
| imperious | arrogantly domineering or overbearing |
| spectacle | a public performance or display |
| wanly | unnaturally pale, as from physical or emotional distress |
| inarticulate | incomprehensible as speech or language |
| probed | to delve into; investigate |
| studiously | given to thought, or to the examination of subjects |
| insolent | presumptuous or insulting in manner or speech |
| sheaf | a collection of items held or bound together |
| rupture | to break open; burst |
| adjutant | a staff officer who helps a commandeering officers |
| contemptuous | manifesting or feeling contempt; scornful |
