| A | B |
|---|
| apprehension | fear and worry for the future |
| conflagration | a large, destructive fire |
| conjectural | involving guesswork |
| imperative | urgently necessary |
| intangible | unable to be perceived with the senses |
| peremptorily | in a commanding way that does not allow for refusal or contradiction |
| reiterate | to repeat |
| smite | to inflict a heavy blow on; |
| setting | the time and place of a work of literature |
| foreshadowing | the use of hints or clues to suggest future events |
| mood | the feeling or atmosphere a writer creates for the reader |
| antagonist | the principal character or force in opposition to the protagonist |
| protagonist | the main character in a work of literature |
| connotation | the attitude or feelings associated with a word |
| denotation | the literal or dictionary meaning of a word |
