| A | B |
|---|
| posterity | all of the offspring of a given ancestor |
| verity | conformity to reality or actuality |
| unbecoming | not in keeping with accepted standards of what is proper |
| indissoluble | incapable of being broken up |
| twain | two items of the same kind |
| chide | scold or reprimand severely or angrily |
| cur | an inferior dog or one of mixed breed |
| bounteous | given or giving freely |
| execution | the act of accomplishing some aim |
| buffet | strike, beat repeatedly |
| barefaced | unrestrained by convention or propriety |
| sundry | consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds |
| botch | an embarrassing mistake |
| fitful | intermittently stopping and starting |
| levy | the act of drafting into military service |
| eminence | high status importance owing to marked superiority |
| assail | launch an attack or assault on |
| jocund | full of or showing high-spirited merriment |
| cloister | seclude from the world |
| apace | with rapid movements |
| mirth | great merriment |
| nonpareil | model of excellence or perfection of a kind |
| saucy | improperly forward or bold |
| trench | cut or carve deeply into |
| maw | informal terms for the mouth |
| purge | rid of impurities |
| infirmity | the state of being weak in health or body |
| disposition | your usual mood |
| blanch | turn pale, as if in fear |
| augur | a religious official who interpreted omens to guide policy |
| rook | a common bird about the size and color of a crow |
| bent | fixed in your purpose |
| tedious | so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness |
| contrive | make or work out a plan for; devise |
| wayward | resistant to guidance or discipline |
| profound | far-reaching and thoroughgoing in effect |
| spurn | reject with contempt |
| pious | having or showing or expressing reverence for a deity |
| thrall | someone held in bondage |
| malevolence | the quality of threatening evil |
| ratify | approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation |
| homage | respectful deference |
| pine | have a desire for something or someone who is not present |
| exasperate | make furious |
| rue | feel sorry for; be contrite about |
