| A | B |
|---|
| muffle | to conceal or hide |
| mutiny | a violent uprising; a riot; a rebellion against authority, esp. sailors |
| nimble | moving quickly and lightly |
| nourish | to provide with nourishment |
| oppression | the state of being kept down by unjust use of force or authority |
| perilous | fraught with danger |
| poised | marked by balance or equilibrium and ready for action |
| portentous | one who is puffed up with vanity, self-important, pompous |
| posterity | all future generations |
| perniciious | wicked; being exceedingly harmful, tending to cause death or serious injury |
| prodigious | so great in force or size or extent to elicit awe |
| profane | to violate the sacred character of a place or language |
| prolixity | boring verboseness or wordiness |
| prologue | an introduction to a play |
| propagate | to transmit or cause to broaden or spread |
| purge | an act of removing by cleansing |
| quarrel | the cause behind an angry dispute; an argument; a complaint |
| quench | to cool by plunging into cold water |
| rapier | a straight sword with a narrow blade and two edges |
| rejoice | to express great joy |
| revel | to delight in, or to take great pleasure in, or to take part in noisy festivities |
| scathe | to harm or damage, especially by fire; to injure; to criticize severely |
| shrift | a confession to a priest to ask forgiveness for sins |
| shun | to avoid and stay away from deliberately |
| siege | the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolate it while continuing to attack |
| sirrah | a term of address to a man or boy of inferior rank |
| spite | to feel ill will, malevolence, or malicious feelings prompting an urge to hurt or humiliate |
