| A | B |
| edifice | large, usually impressive building |
| sepulcher | a tomb, grave, or burial place |
| scourged | causing affliction or calamity |
| evanescent | vanishing; fading away; fleeting |
| ignominy | disgrace; dishonor; public contempt |
| abate | to make or become less in amount, intensity, degree |
| fervor | great warmth and earnestness of feeling |
| amenable | willing to yield or submit |
| peremptory | leaving no opportunity for denial or refusal; imperative |
| vivify | to give life to; animate; quicken |