| A | B |
|---|
| abjure | to renounce, repudiate under oath; to avoid; to shun |
| acrid | harsh in taste or odor; sharp in manner or temper |
| august | majestic; inspiring admiration and respect |
| callous | emotionally hardened; unfeeling |
| clandestine | secret, concealed, underhand |
| compunction | remorse, regret |
| conflagration | a large destructive fire |
| elated | in high spirits; jubilant extremely pleased |
| indelible | not able to be erased or removed; memorable |
| indulgent | yielding to the wishes or demands of others |
| inveterate | firmly established, long standing; habitual |
| irrelevant | not to the point, not applicable or pertinent |
| nocturnal | of or occurring in the night |
| platitude | a commonplace, stale, or trite remark |
| quell | to subdue, put down forcibly |
| quiescent | inactive; at rest |
| ruminate | to meditate, think about at length, to chew the cud |
| tacit | unspoken, silent, implied, inferred |
| tangible | capable of being touched, real, concrete |
| trenchant | incisive, keen, forceful, effective, cutting, caustic; distinct clear-cut |
| connotation | the emotional associations we have with a word |
| denotation | the dictionary definition of a word |
| tone | the author's attitude toward the subject matter of the story, poem, etc; the author SENDS the tone |
| mood | the feeling created in the reader by a literary work; something RECEIVED by the reader from the author |
