| A | B |
|---|
| aperture | opening; hole; orifice |
| bard | poet or minstrel |
| contemporary | person or thing living at the same time |
| depredation | spoiling; plundering; ravaging |
| flourish | to grow or fare well; to thrive |
| inscribe | to write; mark; engrave |
| malediction | curse; slander |
| relic | memento; fragment of something vanished or destroyed |
| solicitude | state of concern; anxiety about another's welfare |
| vicissitude | irregular change or variation; (of forturne or condition) |
