| A | B |
|---|
| ascetic | n. or adj. - a person who renounces material comforts; leading to a life of self-denial |
| contumacious | adj. - obstinately disobedient or rebellious |
| paramour | n. a lover in an adulterous relationship |
| caprice | n. - impulsive change of mind; a sudden, unpreditable action |
| anathema | n. - a curse; excommunication; one that is cursed |
| cabalistic | adj. - relating to the Kabbalah (Hewbrew mystic teaching) |
| expatiating | v. - to speak or write at great length; to wander freely |
| eldritch | adj. - strange, unearthy, eerie |
| panoply | n. - a splendid or striking array; ceremonial attire; armor |
| chirurgical | adj. - surgical; characteristic of surgery or surgeons |
