| A | B |
|---|
| Bestial | like a beast or animal |
| Blandishments | Something used to coax (persuade) |
| Compatriots | fellow countrymen |
| Contagion | an influence that spreads rapidly |
| Crucible | Container for cooking at high heat |
| Edict | official statement; law |
| Emaciated | marked by abnormal thinness caused by starvation or disease |
| Embarkation | beginning of a journey |
| Encumbrance | burden |
| Expound | to set forth in detail |
| Firmament | the sky- the heavens |
| Hermetically | completely sealed; airtight |
| Indeterminate | vague- not fixed in advance |
| Leprous | showing signs of leprosy (which is an infectious disease that affects body tissue) |
| Manacle | to handcuff |
| Pestilential | filled with disease; contagious |
| Phylacteries | small boxes containing scripture; worn by some Jewish men for daily prayer |
| Pillage | to rob with open violence |
| Premonition | anticipation of an event- usually negative- even without actual warning |
| Queue | waiting line |
| Rivet | to hold attention tightly- as if physically attached |
| Semblance | outward appearance- but with a sense of falsity |
| Truncheon | a police officers stick |
| Vigilance | state of extreme watchfullness |
| Wizened | dry- shrunken- wrinkled |
