| A | B |
|---|
| affable | warm and friendly |
| audacious | bold, daring, fearless |
| avowal | open acknowledgment; an admission; pledge |
| azure | the color of a clear sky |
| bellicose | hostile; aggressive |
| bequeath | to pass on; to give to |
| betoken | to indicate or show |
| brusque | in a rough, abrupt manner |
| buffoon | clown; jokester |
| complaisant | willing to please; obliging |
| consternation | great fear or shock |
| contemptuous | full of contempt; scornful |
| coquette | a flirt |
| cynosure | something that attracts admiration |
| damask | a durable fabric |
| defiled | polluted; dirtied |
| desolate | deserted; abandoned |
| dissonantly | out of tune; screechingly |
| doggerel | trivial or inferior poetry |
| droll | humorous; clownish |
| dubious | doubtful |
| eloquence | expressive, effective language |
| embolden | to give courage to |
| enmity | hatred |
| furtively | in a stealthy manner to avoid observation |
| garret | a room just below the sloping roof of a house |
| gauntlet | a medieval glove; to throw down a gauntlet is to issue a challenge |
| heresy | an opinion contrary to generally accepted beliefs |
| imperturbable | impassive; cannot be disturbed or excited |
| importunate | demanding, urgent, persistent |
