| A | B |
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| harrow | (n.) cultivating tool set with spikes; (v.) to till (as in land); to torment or vex |
| usurp | to seize power unrightfully; to take over |
| avouch | to declare as a matter of fact or as a thing that can be proved |
| parley | to conference; to discuss |
| impress | to take by force for public or military service |
| emulate | to strive to equal or excel; to imitate and model |
| mettle | vigor and strength of spirit or temperament |
| portentous | significant; fateful; eliciting amazement or wonder; prodigious |
| harbinger | one that pioneers in or initiates a major change; a forerunner; precursor; omen |
| privy | private; secret |
| malicious | desiring to cause pain, injury, or distress to others |
| auspicious | favorable; offering a favorable sign; propitious; boding well |
| mirth | cheer, joy, delight |
| dirge | a slow, solemn, and mournful song or poem; a lamentation |
| dole | grief; sorrow |
| obsequious | fawning; toadying; sycophantic; flattering |
| impious | irreverent; sinful; wicked; immoral; not pious |
| peevish | irritable; ill-tempered; querulous |
| distill | to purify; to condense |
| tenable | plausible; sound; reasonable; defensible |
| requite | to retaliate; to pay back; to revenge oneself |
| countenance | (v.) to put up with; to allow; to stand; or, (n.) face |
| wax | to grow; to increase (antonym: wane) |
| credent | believing; credulous; ready to believe as true and real |
| prodigal | wasteful; profligate; excessive |
| dalliance | play, especially amorous play |
| importune | to press or urge with troublesome persistence; to entreat pressingly; to ask for urgently or repeatedly. |
| enmity | hostility; hate; ill-will |
| martial | warlike and fierce |
