| A | B |
|---|
| truncheon | short stick; billy club |
| barbican | tower of fortification |
| purlieus | outlying area |
| portent | omen; sign |
| lineage | ancestry |
| vertigo | dizzy sensation; confused state |
| necromancer | sorcerer |
| conundrum | difficult problem or dilemma |
| belligerent | hostile; eager to fight |
| adulation | excessive flattery; admiration |
| querulous | complaining; grumbling |
| premonition | advance warning; foreboding |
| sagacious | insightful; wise; sound judgment |
| magenta | purplish red |
| vermilion | bright red |
| azure | light blue |
| saffron | orange yellow |
| argent | silver (or white) |
| sanguine | blood red |
| jasper | crystal quartz in red, yellow, or brown |
| halidome | a holy place |
| marauder | rove and raid in search of plunder |
| tonsure | shaved head (monks) |
| commandeer | confiscate; take by force |
| miasma | poisonous atmosphere; thick vapor |
| undulating | wavelike motion |
| secular | worldly rather than spiritual |
| progeny | children; offspring |
| tincture | stain or tint with color |
| promontory | high point; cliff |
| enmity | mutual hatred |
| capitulation | surrender |
