| A | B |
|---|
| pestilential | filled with disease; contagious |
| phylacteries | small boxes containing scripture; worn by some Jewish men for daily prayer |
| pillage | to rob with open violence |
| pinnacle | the peak or highest point |
| premonition | anticipation of an event- usually negative- even without actual warning |
| privation | a state in which things that are essential for human well-being such as food and warmth are scarce or lacking |
| prominent | leading, important, or well known |
| queue | waiting line |
| rebuke | to express sharp disapproval of someone because of their behavior |
| recitation | the action of repeating something aloud from memory |
| rivet | to hold attention tightly, as if physically attached |
| rue | to be sorry for, to regret |
| semblance | outward appearance, but with a sense of falsity |
| sustain | to strengthen or support physically |
| tacit | understood, silent, not spoken, implicit |
| terrific | of great size, amount, or intensity |
| truncheon | a police officers stick |
| utterance | a verbal or spoken statement |
| vexation | discomfort or distress |
| vicissitude | a passing from one thing to another, change of luck |
| vigilance | state of extreme watchfullness |
| vivid | bright, distinct, and clear |
| vulnerable | susceptible to injury or attack |
| wizened | dry- shrunken- wrinkled |
