| A | B |
|---|
| ambiguous | having more than one meaning; unclear, uncertain |
| ascend | to move upward, to rise from a lower station |
| augment | to make greater or to supplement |
| baleful | destructive, deadly |
| beguile | to deceive, to mislead, to persuade with charm |
| boisterous | rowdy, rough, and stormy |
| calamity | a serious event causing distress or misfortune |
| dirge | funeral hymn, lament |
| disparage | to degrade, to speak of someone or something in a derogatory manner |
| dissemble | to disguise, to pretend |
| engrossed | completely occupied or absorbed |
| enmity | absolute hatred |
| entreaty | a plea, an earnest request |
| feint | a false appearance, a fake punch to occupy defenses allowing a real blow |
| inauspicious | unfavorable |
| inundate | to flood, to overflow |
| lament | to mourn or to express sorrow in a demonstrative manner |
| obsequious | overly attentive, like a sycophant, servile |
| penury | extreme poverty |
| perjury | false testimony under oath |
| pernicious | very destructive or harmful, deadly |
| portent | a sign or forewarning |
| posterity | future generations, all descendants of a person |
| prate | to talk idly or foolishly at great length |
| presage | something that foreshadows a future event; foreknowledge of the future |
