| A | B |
|---|
| supple | capable of bending without breaking or creasing; elastic, flexible |
| privations | state of being deprived; deprivation |
| abhor | loathe, detest |
| wily | full of guile; crafty |
| desecrate | to insult something holy; damage something sacred |
| disparage | lower in rank; degrade; belittle; ridicule |
| festive | joyous, merry |
| turbid | cloudy or discolored; a stream |
| delusion | false belief; opinion. mistaken idea |
| sanctuary | a sonsecrated place; a place of refuge |
| thwart | foil; baffle, frustrate, oppose successfully |
| patrimony | something inherited or derived from ones father |
| hoist | to raise into position by or as if by means of tackle, using a device |
| unscathed | wholly unharmed; uninjured |
| aegis | a shield or breastplate emblematic of majesty; protection or support |
| ghastly | terrifyingly horrible to the senses |
| carnage | widespread slaughter, masacare |
| exuberance | feeling of happy and high spirits |
| upstart | one that claims more personal importance than is warranted |
| brandish | to shake or wave menacingly |
