| A | B |
|---|
| slack | make less active or fast |
| immoderate | beyond reasonable limits |
| sway | controlling influence |
| inundation | the overflowing of a body of water onto normally dry land |
| pensive | showing deep sadness |
| presently | at this time or period; now |
| arbitrate | act between parties with a view to reconciling differences |
| commission | the act of granting authority to undertake certain functions |
| issue | a phenomenon caused by some previous phenomenon |
| shroud | burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped |
| surcease | a stopping |
| supple | capable of moving or bending freely |
| stark | devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment |
| kindred | group of people related by blood or marriage |
| headstrong | habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition |
| behest | an authoritative command or request |
| prostrate | stretched out and lying at full length along the ground |
| reverend | worthy of adoration or reverence |
| provision | the activity of supplying something |
| warrant | show to be reasonable or provide adequate ground for |
| wayward | resistant to guidance or discipline |
| orison | reverent petition to a deity |
| cull | look for and gather |
| behoove | be appropriate or necessary |
| subtle | working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way |
| stifle | die from lack of oxygen |
| loathsome | physically offensive or sickening |
| whit | a tiny or scarcely detectable amount |
| accursed | under or as if under an evil spell |
| solace | comfort offered to one who is disappointed or miserable |
| beguile | influence by slyness |
| detestable | unequivocally offensive |
| martyr | kill as one who suffers for the sake of principle |
| array | especially fine or decorative clothing |
| ordain | order by virtue of superior authority; decree |
| dirge | a song or hymn of mourning as a memorial to a dead person |
| doleful | filled with or evoking sadness |
| redress | act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil |
| pestilent | exceedingly harmful |
| tarry | leave slowly and hesitantly |
