| A | B |
|---|
| dauntless | fearless |
| sagacious | wise |
| courtier | member of the royal court |
| contagion | the spreading of disease |
| pervade | to spread throughout |
| grotesque | having a bizarre, fantastic appearance |
| license | a lack of restrictions on behavior; freedom |
| impetuosity | unthinking action |
| untenanted | not occupied |
| tangible | able to be touched or felt |
| implore | to beg; earnestly ask for |
| beguiling | charming or delighting |
| decorum | proper and dignigied behavior |
| discourse | to speak |
| placid | undisturbed; calm or quiet |
| dirge | show, mornful piece of music; a funeral hymn |
| ominous | threatening; menacing |
| divining | finding out through intuition; guessing from incomplete evidence |
| respite | a brief period of rest or relief from pain or labor |
| tempest | a violent storm |
| insoluble | having no solution; unsolvable |
| annihilate | to destroy completely; wipe out |
| alleviation | a decrease in severity; relief |
| deficiency | a lack |
| affinity | a kinship or likeness |
| vivacious | full of energy; lively |
| insipid | lacking in flavor; bland |
| emaciated | excessively think; wasted away |
| futility | unselessness |
| internment | burial |
| fitfully | in an irregualr way; unsteadily |
| terrestrial | on the ground; earthly |
| ostinate | stubborn |
| narrative | a story |
| aghast | overcome with fear; terrified |
| encroach | to advance beyond original limits; intrude |
| obilterate | to wipe out, leaving no trace |
| coquettish | flirtatious |
| edict | an order put out by a person in authority |
| dank | unpleasantly damp; moist and chilly |
| pallid | abnormally pale |
| temerity | foolish boldness |
| diffident | shy and timid; lacking self-confidence |
| divulge | to make known something private |
| circumvent | to aviod or get around by clever maneuvering |
| thwart | to block or hinder; prevent the fulfillment of |
| virulent | extremely poisonous or harmful |
| tedious | boring because of dullness |
| profoundly | deeply; intensely |
| obscure | to cover over; hide |
| gaunt | thin and bony |
| list | to lean or tilt to one side |
| composed | calm; cool and collected |
| morose | gloomy and ill-tempered |
| rue | to regret |
