| A | B |
|---|
| mutiny | open rebellion against constituted authority |
| partisan | a pike with a long tapering blade with lateral projections |
| pernicious | exceedingly harmful |
| canker | become infected with an ulceration |
| fray | a noisy fight |
| covert | a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something |
| portentous | ominously prophetic |
| importune | beg persistently and urgently |
| propagate | multiply through reproduction |
| discreet | marked by prudence or modesty and wise self-restraint |
| gall | a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will |
| assail | attack someone physically or emotionally |
| chaste | morally pure |
| posterity | all future generations |
| forswear | formally reject or disavow |
| languish | lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief |
| heretic | a person whose religious beliefs conflict with church dogma |
| lineament | the characteristic parts of a person's face |
| extremity | a condition or state beyond the norm |
| beseech | ask for or request earnestly |
| prolixity | boring verbosity |
| boisterous | full of rough and exuberant animal spirits |
| visage | the human face |
| wanton | a lewd or immoral person |
| mire | a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot |
| anon | (old-fashioned or informal) in a little while |
| bode | indicate by signs |
| revel | unrestrained merrymaking |
| untimely | uncommonly early |
| trencher | a wooden board or platter on which food is served or carved |
| nuptial | of or relating to a wedding |
| rapier | a straight sword with a narrow blade and two edges |
| antic | ludicrously odd |
| disparagement | the act of speaking contemptuously of |
| semblance | an outward appearance that is deliberately misleading |
| saucy | improperly forward or bold |
| profane | violate the sacred character of a place or language |
| pilgrim | someone who journeys to a sacred place as an act of devotion |
| trifling | not worth considering |
| prodigious | great in size, force, extent, or degree |
