| A | B |
|---|
| ackack | a slang term referring to anti-aircraft gunfire |
| aggravating | annoying |
| appalled | horried, shocked |
| ascot | abroad neck scarf |
| capitulation | surrender |
| carillon | a set of tuned bells in a tower |
| cognac | an alcoholic drink distilled fro white wine |
| compassionate | sympatheizing deeply |
| copybook | an exercise book |
| cyclorama | a large curtin or wall, usually concave, hung ot placed at the rear of a stage |
| feint | pretended action |
| grave | serious, somber |
| indifference | a lack of concern or feeling |
| insufferable | unbearable |
| jubilation | a happy celebration |
| loathe | to dislike intensly |
| makeshift | improvised, temporary subsitute |
| Mauthausen | a Nazi concentration camp in Austria |
| mercurial | changing quinkly and unpredictably |
| oppression | domination by the cruel use of power |
| ostentatiously | with great show |
| outraged | angry and insulted |
| plusfours | short, loose trousers gathered at the knees, knickers |
| rucksack | a snall knapsack |
| subjunctive | a verb form used to express wishes, possivilities, and so forth |
| sustenance | comfort, noutishment |
| tyranny | cruel and unjust government |
| unabashed | not embarrassed |
| vacated | left empty |
| vile | disgusting |
| wallow | to lie relaxed, to roll about in |
| wc | a water closet, toilet |
