| A | B |
|---|
| plight | a situation from which extrication is difficult |
| minion | a servile or fawning dependent |
| thane | a feudal lord or baron |
| flout | treat with contemptuous disregard |
| curb | lessen the intensity of |
| deign | do something that one considers to be below one's dignity |
| disburse | expend, as from a fund |
| bark | a sailing ship with 3 (or more) masts |
| weird | suggesting the operation of supernatural influences |
| rapt | feeling great delight and interest |
| prospect | the visual percept of a region |
| heath | uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation |
| corporal | possessing or existing in bodily form |
| contend | compete for something |
| stout | courageous and dependable |
| earnest | something of value given to bind a contract |
| trifle | something of small importance |
| surmise | a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence |
| cleave | stick or hold together and resist separation |
| interim | the time between one event, process, or period and another |
| liege | a feudal lord entitled to allegiance and service |
| recompense | payment or reward, as for service rendered |
| harbinger | something indicating the approach of something or someone |
| peerless | eminent beyond or above comparison |
| missive | a written message addressed to a person or organization |
| chastise | censure severely |
| impede | be a hindrance or obstacle to |
| metaphysical | without material form or substance |
| tidings | information about recent and important events |
| dire | causing fear or dread or terror |
| gall | a digestive juice secreted by the liver |
| pall | cover with a burial garment |
| keen | having a sharp cutting edge or point |
| beguile | influence by slyness |
| dispatch | the property of being prompt and efficient |
| sovereign | greatest in status or authority or power |
| sway | controlling influence |
| frieze | an ornament consisting of a horizontal sculptured band |
| buttress | a support usually of stone or brick |
| purveyor | someone who supplies provisions, especially food |
| audit | a methodical examination or review of a situation |
| surcease | a stopping |
| shoal | a sandbank in a stretch of water that is visible at low tide |
| faculty | an inherent cognitive or perceptual power of the mind |
| cherub | an angel portrayed as a winged child |
| gloss | an outward appearance that is deliberately misleading |
| adage | a condensed but memorable saying embodying an important fact |
| quell | suppress or crush completely |
| undaunted | resolutely courageous |
| mettle | the courage to carry on |
