| A | B |
|---|
| prologue | a preliminary discourse; a preface or introductory part of a discourse, poem, or novel. |
| premonition | a feeling of anticipation of or anxiety over a future event; presentiment |
| fray | a fight, battle, or skirmish |
| augment | to make larger; enlarge in size, number, strength, or extent; increase: |
| portentous | to make larger; enlarge in size, number, strength, or extent; increase: |
| pernicious | causing insidious harm or ruin; ruinous; injurious |
| nuptial | of or relating to marriage or the marriage ceremony |
| disparaged | to speak of or treat slightingly |
| loathe | to feel disgust or intense aversion for; abhor: |
| peril | exposure to injury, loss, or destruction; grave risk; jeopardy; danger: |
| feign | to represent fictitiously; put on an appearance of: |
| rancor | bitter, rankling resentment or ill will; hatred; malice. |
| dank | unpleasantly moist or humid; damp and, often, chilly |
| repose | the state of reposing or being at rest; rest; sleep. |
| brine | water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt |
