| A | B |
|---|
| rhetoric | the art of speaking or writing in a pleasant and forceful manner |
| purge | to wash away all that is not clean; to cleanse or purify |
| enchanted | cast under a spell; bewitched or charmed |
| systole | the rythmic contraction of the heart |
| abyss | a bottomless pit or very deep hole; void; chasm |
| resignation | the act of giving up one's office or position |
| plague | a highly infectious and usually fatal disease |
| archetype | an original model or type after which other similar things are made |
| desperation | hopelessness; desparateness |
| mumbo jumbo | an object believed to have supernatural power |
| frivolity | something that is silly or foolish; silliness or foolishness |
| pastoral | a song or composition about natural lifestyle |
| promontory | a high ridge or land or rock jutting out into the sea; cape or bluff |
| diastole | relaxation of the heart; calming, slackening, arresting |
| inestimable | indeterminable; immeasurable |
| privilege | special right or advance |
| hansom | a two-whelled carriage, cab, hack |
| reticent | hesitant to speak out |
| insatiable | ravenous or gluttonous |
| prurient | obsessed with sex; lustful. lurid |
| precocious | mentally mature, advanced or developed |
| flourished | to have grown luxuriantly; to have thrived |
| doting | showing love or caring; love or caring |
| spontaneous | caused by natural interest or desire |
| somber | dark and gloomy |
| preoccupied | formerly or already occupied |
