| A | B |
|---|
| benediction | a blessing, commonly at the end of a church service |
| betrothed | promised or engaged to be married |
| calamity | a disaster |
| conceive | to form in one's mind; to imagine |
| consolation | comfort provided to ease someone's sorrow |
| contemplate | to think about carefully |
| correspondnece | communication by exchange of letters |
| deferred | gave in to the decision of antoher person |
| desolate | dreary; dismal; deserted |
| forebearance | patience |
| gallantly | courageuosly; nobly; chivalrously |
| immunity | exemption; freedom from something |
| implacable | impossible to satisfy or please |
| imploring | begging |
| matriarchy | a social system in which the mother is head of the family |
| prudent | wise in practical matters; careful of one's own interests |
| quack | an untrained person who pretends to have medical knowledge |
| rendezvous | a meeting at a set time and place |
| transpired | happened; occurred |
| deplorably | disapprovingly; regrettfully |
