| A | B |
|---|
| suppliant | one praying humbly for something |
| obdurate | stubbornly persistent; resistant to tender feelings |
| blight | disease that destroys plants and crops |
| beseech | to request earnestly |
| sluggard | an idle, slothful person |
| expiation | the act of atoning for sin or wrongdoing |
| suborn | to incite someone to commit a crime |
| unscathed | not injured or harmed |
| recompense | payment or reward |
| teeming | filled abundantly with living things |
| flout | treat with contemptuous disregard |
| calumny | a misrepresentation intended to harm another's reputation |
| charlatan | a flamboyant deceiver |
| reverberate | ring or echo with sound |
| glib | artfully persuasive in speech |
| hearsay | rumor; unsubstantiated statement |
| sanctimonius | self-righteous |
| infamy | shame; dishonor; negative reputation |
| furrow | trench made by a plow |
| appal | dismay or horrify |
