| A | B |
|---|
| ambled (v) | to walk at a slow, leisurely pace. |
| assuaged (v) | to lessen or calm |
| brethren (n) | members of a particular sect or group. |
| dictum (n) | a formal statement of principle. |
| domiciled (v) | a domicile is a house or place where a person lives. If you are domiciled somewhere, that is where you live. |
| chattel (n) | slave |
| impotent (adj) | powerless |
| impudent (adj) | shamelessly bold, as if you didn't care what anyone thinks of you. |
| malevolent (adj) | evil |
| piety (n) | devotion to religious duties and practices. |
| predilection (n) | a preference, or a perferred way of doing something. |
| taciturn (adj) | almost always silent |
| covey (n) | a group |
| entailment (n) | a legal situation regarding the use of inherited property. |
| indigenous (adj) | belonging to a particular region or country. |
| seceded (v) | to break away. |
| sojourn (n) | a brief visit. |
| contemptuous (adj) | is having a feeling that someone or something is beneath you; or that they are worthless. |
| contentious (adj) | always ready to argue or fight. |
| diminutive (adj) | smaller than ordinary |
| discernible (adj) | understandable |
| dispensation (n) | a release from an obligation or promise |
| eddy (n) | a current of water that moves against the main current; a whirlpool. |
| flinty (adj) | extremelyy hard and firm. |
| auspicious (adj) | favorable |
| melancholy (adj) | sad and gloomy |
| asinine (adj) | stupid; silly |
| benevolence (n) | a generous or thoughtful gift |
| benign (adj) | kind and gentle |
| edification (n) | education; instruction |
| gaped (v) | wide open |
| inquisitive (adj) | questioning; prying |
| morbid (adj) | gruesome; horrible |
| placidly (adv) | calmy; quietly |
| quibbling (v) | a type of arguing where you avoid the main point by bringing up petty details |
| tacit (adj) | understood or implied without the use of words. |
| eerily (adv) | weirdly; mysteriously |
| ensuing (adj) | is something that comes immediately after something else. |
| malignant (adj) | dangerous; evil |
| prowess (n) | superior ability or skill |
| ramshackle (adj) | loose or rickety; about to fall apart |
| waning (adj) | becoming less bright, intense, or strong. |
