| A | B |
|---|
| meagerly | deficient in quantity, fullness, etc. |
| impinge | to collide or strike |
| edifice | a building esp. one of imposing appearance or size |
| pious | showing religious reverence; devout |
| severance | the process of separating |
| lamentably | expressing grief and sadness |
| alcove | recess or enclosed extension to a room |
| abstemious | sparing or moderate in eating/drinking |
| sentry | guard |
| vagabond | person without permanent home who moves from place to place |
| pragmatic | dealing w/facts or actual occurrences; practical |
| reverie | a daydream |
| jauntiness | crispness/dapperness in appearance |
| enigma | one who is puzzling, ambiguous, or inexplicable |
| ardently | expressing warmth of feeling; passionate |
| reticent | reluctant; unwilling |
| ineffable | incapable of being expressed |
| fastidious | displaying careful, meticulous attention to detail |
| wanton | gratuitously cruel |
| furtive | done in secret |
| ruminations | thoughts; ponderings |
| languid | lacking energy or vitality; weak |
| brothel | house of prostitution |
| stevedore | one who is employed in the loading/unloading of ships |
| pugnacity | inclined to quarrel or fight readily |
| occult | dealing w/supernatural influences, agencies, phenomena |
