| A | B |
|---|
| debauched | to cause to forsake allegiance |
| cadence | beat of any rhythmical movement |
| disdain | a feeling, attitude, or show of scornful superiority |
| orthography | that part of grammar which treats of letters and spelling |
| sorrel | a horse of reddish brown color |
| insipid | without distinctive, interesting or attractive qualities, dull |
| circumlocutions | speaking in a round about way, use of many words for few |
| provocative | a stimulant |
| insuperable | insurmountable, not to be overcome |
| maxim | an axiom, an expression of general truth |
| confederacy | a league or alliance, a conspiracy |
| prognostics | forecasting what is to come, predictions |
| imputed | attributed to, regarded as owing, as an effect to a cause |
| felicity | high degree of happiness, singular grace as of manner |
| odious | hateful or detestable, obnoxious |
| vindicated | defended, set free, avenged, justified |
| parity | equality |
| propensity | natural inclination or tendency |
| inimitable | cannot be imitated or reproduced, matchless |
| vernal | pertaining to spring |
| auditor | a hearer, one authorized to audit accounts |
| comeliness | pleasing appearance, fair, handsome, proper |
| rudiments | beginnings, first attempts, elementary |
| exhortation | the act of giving urgent advice or admonition as to conduct |
| copse | a wood or thicket of small trees and bushes |
| inviolable | not to be violated, treated as if sacred |
| accoutred | equipped with trappings, arrayed |
| recluse | one who lives withdrawn from the world |
| vogue | fashion at a particular time |
| depose | give sworn testimony, to lay aside, remove from office |
