| A | B |
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| adamantine | (from the noun adamant, which is a hard, crystallized carbon) firm in attitude or opinion unyielding (contemporary usage: adamant, meaning firm, unyielding). |
| admonish | to scold, censor |
| amorphous | without shape or form |
| animal husbandry | the practice of breeding and raising livestock (also called animal science) |
| apostles | the 12 men who were Jesus’s “entourage” |
| austere | severe or stern in disposition or appearance, having great self-denial (materialistically) |
| bade | to order, to instruct |
| belies | contradicts |
| bellicose | loud, argumentative, prone to fighting |
| benign | harmless |
| bosom | the chest, typically a woman’s and place or warmth and love |
| chaste | pure, virginal |
| chasten | to chastise, castigate, correct |
| couch, couched | to word in a certain manner |
| cultivate | to grow, to nurture |
| curate | a clergyman |
| damask | a fabric of linen or cotton or silk or wool with a reversible pattern woven into it |
| degenerate | to degrade or lessen in value: a morally bankrupt person, a profligate |
| deity | a god |
| din | loud, raucous noise |
| dumb | mute, unable to speak |
| effeminate | having feminine qualities, generally only used to describe men |
| eminent/eminence | distinguished, having high stature |
| emulate | to imitate or copy (as with a role model) |
| curates | to direct or manage a museum or an exhibit |
| entreat/entreaty | to beg/begging |
| equinox | either of two times of the year when the sun crosses the plane of the Earth’s equator and day and night are to equal length |
| facility/facile | adeptness/with ease |
| faculty | ability, power |
| homage | respect, honor |
| hutch | a cupboard of dishes or home of rabbits |
| impervious | not able to be penetrated |
| impious | irreverent |
| indefatigable | inability to tire, tireless |
| indict | to charge, to accuse |
| indictment | a charge or accusation |
| inherent | integral, intrinsic |
| inherently | in an inherent manner |
| jocund | merry, mirthful, gay |
| languor | state of ease, rest, even listlessness |
| lentils | small split pea-like legume |
| lethargic | tired, listless |
| lore | traditional knowledge, passed on through fables, stories, etc. |
| mien | bearing, presence, manner |
| naivete/naïve | innocence, inexperience |
| nascent | emerging, newly born or created |
| ordain | to appoint to a clerical post (minister, priest) or to order due to superior authority |
| parody | to spoof, to mock; a parody is a text meant to spoof or mock (a form of satire) |
| phenomenon | a remarkable development |
| piety | righteousness, godliness |
| plight | predicament, quandary, difficulty |
| pretense | deception, deceit |
| primeva | aboriginal, primordial, primal (first) |
| prodigy | genius, especially a gifted child |
| proffer | to suggest, to propose |
| profundity | intellectual depth; penetrating knowledge; keen insight; etc. |
| promulgate | to proclaim or exclaim |
| prowess | special skill |
| quarry | prey, victim; also a pit where gravel or ore is mined |
| raiment | especially fine or decorative clothing |
| reap | to gather, glean, harvest |
| reticent | shyness, unwillingness |
| rheumatism | painful disorder of the joints o muscles or connective tissues |
| sable | a color, dark, black-brown, fur from the animal sable |
| scourge | bane, curse, affliction or a whip, lash, punishment |
| sepulcher | burial chamber, tomb |
| sire | a father; to father, engender |
| supine | lying prone, flat, especially in humility |
| supplicant | to petition or beseech, one who begs for intercession |
| surplice | a loose-fitting white ecclesiastical vestment with wide sleeves |
| temper, tempered | toughen (steel or glass) by a process of gradually heating and cooling |
| timorous | timid, fearful, apprehensive |
| tinged | slightly touched with |
| tumult/tumultuous | uproar, disturbance |
| vehement | marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions |
| vehemence | inclined to react violently |
| veracity | truthfulness |
| vocation | a calling such as the ministry; a job one seems meant to do |
| Whorl | swirl, ringlet, curlicue |
