| A | B |
|---|
| quest | the act of searching for something |
| grimace | contort the face to indicate a certain mental state |
| celestial | relating to or inhabiting a divine heaven |
| usurp | seize and take control without authority |
| prevail | prove superior |
| intervene | get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action |
| wrath | intense anger |
| oracle | an authoritative person who divines the future |
| prophecy | a prediction uttered under divine inspiration |
| receptacle | a container that is used to put or keep things in |
| anticipation | expecting with confidence of fulfillment |
| destined | governed by fate |
| confront | deal with head on |
| feign | give a false appearance of |
| transaction | conducting business within or between groups |
| tragic | very sad, especially involving grief or death or destruction |
| vulnerable | capable of being wounded or hurt |
| obscure | make unclear, indistinct, or blurred |
| delicacy | something considered choice to eat |
| impulsive | characterized by undue haste and lack of thought |
| careen | move sideways or in an unsteady way |
| keen | very good |
| chastise | censure severely |
| convexity | a shape that curves or bulges outward |
| sever | cut off from a whole |
| rummage | search haphazardly |
| impertinent | improperly forward or bold |
| indignant | angered at something unjust or wrong |
| nostalgic | unhappy about being away and longing for familiar things |
| despair | a state in which all hope is lost or absent |
| haze | dust or smoke in the air that causes reduced visibility |
| petrification | the process of turning some plant material into stone |
| compel | force somebody to do something |
| abyss | a bottomless gulf or pit |
| treacherous | tending to betray |
