| A | B |
|---|
| penury | extreme poverty; need for money |
| regenerate | grow/born again |
| posterity | future generation |
| exuberant | rich w/growth (c); excited (m) |
| servile | servant-like |
| despotic | harshly authoritarian |
| subsistance | adequate, sufficient; just enough |
| opportunistic | seeing potential, taking advantage of situation; too ambitious |
| avarice | greedy |
| venery | sins of the flesh (sexual, drinking, etc) |
| affluence | wealth |
| arduous | very difficult |
| rectitude | moral uprightness |
| eradicate | to wipe out; remove entirely |
| temperance | moderation |
| precept | rule of moral conduct |
| magnitude | influence |
| insidious | sly, crafty |
| supplication | beg, plea, often in prayer |
| siren | attractive yet destructive [common allusion] |
| subjugation | conquest |
| martial | war-like; violent |
| avert | avoid looking at (phys.); avoiding situation (fig.) |
| temporal | of this world (affected by time) |
| remonstrate | plead; complain bitterly |
| celestial | of the sky; referential to God |
| infidel | unreligious |
| embroil | involve in conflict, issue |
| impious | direspectful of God |
| prudent | wise, practical |
| dominion | ruler, controller; power to rule |
| mercenary | paid soldier |
| constrain | to force |
| prudence | wise in practical matters |
| naturalization | becoming a citizen; bestowing citizenship |
| transient | fleeting; passing w/time |
| redress | compensation for doing wrong |
| abdicate | to give up |
| dissolution | break up into component parts |
| plunder | robbing, stealing |
| magnanimity | generosity; often of spirit, nobility |
| mortified | decaying (m); embarassed, ashamed |
| lethargy | dullness; inducing sleep |
| arbitrary | random; based on a whim |
| acqueisce | passively agree; unenthusiastic |
| maxim | generalization |
| alleviate | soothe, lessen a discomfort |
| ruminate | reflect, ponder |
| invective | strong verbal attack |
| emancipate | to free |
| probity | integrity, honesty |
