| A | B |
| shards | fragments, especially of broken earthenware or glass |
| intuition | direct perception of the truth independent of any reasoning process; a keen and quick insight |
| stealth | secret, clandestine, or surreptitious procedure or movement |
| silhouette | the outline or general shape of something; a two-dimensional representation of the outline of an object |
| pang | a sudden feeling of mental or emotional distress or longing |
| exploits | a striking or notable deed or feat; a spirited or heroic act |
| aimless | without purpose |
| furrow | to make wrinkles in the face |
| rebuke | sharp, stern disapproval; reproof; reprimand |
| salvage | to save or rescue goods or property from fire, shipwreck, or disposal of trash |
| balk | to stop, as at an obstacle, and refuse to proceed or to do something specified |
| emproium | a large retail store, especially one selling a great variety of articles |
| linger | to remain or stay in one place longer than is usual or expected as if from reluctance to leave |
| stench | an offensive smell or odor; stink |
| infamous | having an extremely bad reputation |
| subtle | delicate or faint and mysterious |
| disdain | a feeling of contempt for anything regarded as unworthy; haughty contempt; scorn |
| cynical | distributing or disparaging the motives of others; bitterly or sneeringly distrustful; contemptuous; pessimistic |
| vulnerable | capable of or susceptible to being wounded or hurt; open to moral attack |
| deployed | to spread out(troops) so as to form an extended front or line |
| unintelligible | not capable of being understood |
| lavish | extravegant; wasteful |
| prodigious | extraordinary in size, amount, extent, degree, or force |
| prosthetic | artificial; created by a device used to replace a missing body part |
| adorn | decorated as with ornaments |
| pristine | having its original purity, uncorrupted, unsullied |
| hilt | the handle of a sword, dagger, or any weapon or tool |
| pandemonium | wild uproar or unrestrained disorder; chaos |
| renegade | a person who deserts a party or cause for another; a traitor, a revolutionary |