| A | B |
|---|
| to beguile (verb) (7) | to delude; cheat; divert |
| avidly (adv) (3) | enthusiastically |
| contentious (adj) (5) | quarrelsome |
| remorselessly (adv) (6) | mercilessly; having no pity or compassion |
| qualm (noun) (5) | sensation of misgiving or uneasiness |
| audible (adj) (5) | able to be heard |
| lechery (noun) (4) | promscuity |
| faction (noun) (1) | a small group of people, usually contentious, within a larger group |
| conjure (verb) (1) | to summon by oath or spell |
| anarchy (noun) (1) | political disorder or confusion |
| tainted (adj) (4) | having a moral defect; infected |
| condemnation (noun) (3) | severe reproof; strong censure |
| partisan (noun) (1) | militant supporter of a cause, faction or idea |
| to reprieve (verb) (7) | to postpone a punishment |
| reprieve (noun) (7) | postponement of a punishment |
| calamity (noun) (4) | disaster |
| menacingly (adv) (4) | threateningly |
| calumny (noun) (1) | false statement knowingly made to injure someone |
| perplexed (adj) (3) | bewildered; puzzled; confused |
| to quail (verb) (1) | to lose courage; decline; fail |
| blasphemy (noun) (4) | an irreverent or impious act or utterance |
| to ascertain (verb) (2) | to find out something |
| contemplation (noun) (6) | thoughful observation or meditation |
| providence (noun) (4) | work of divine (God's) direction |
| ineptly (adv) (4) | awkwardly |
| transfixed (adj) (6) | rendered motionless with terror, amazement or awe |
| antagonist (noun) (2) | adversary; opponent |
| contemptuous (adj) (5) | scornful; disdainful |
| daft (adj) (5) | crazy; foolish; stupid |
| hypocrite (noun) (1) | people wo say they believe one way but in actions show otherwise |
| base (adj) (3) | having low moral standards; contemptible; inferior |
| bemused (adj) (2) | confused |
| penitence (noun) (7) | performing of penance |
| effrontery (adj) (5) | audacity; insulting boldness |
| adamant (adj) (7) | firm in purpose or opinion; unyielding |
| indignant (adj) (3) | filled with anger aroused by something unjust or unworthy |
| licentious (adj) (2) | having no regard for accepted rules or standards |
| statutes (noun) (7) | laws, decrees, or edicts |
| manifest (6) | something apparent to the sight or understanding |
| anonymity (adj) (5) | secrecy; having unknown or unacknowledged name |
| prodigious (adj) (1) | extraordinary; marvelous |
| abominations (noun) (1) | things that elicit great dislike or abhorrence |
| propitiation (noun) (2) | appeasement |
| pallor (3) | extreme paleness |
| inert (adj) (1) | unable to move or act |
| diabolism (noun) (2) | witchcraft; sorcery |
| evade (verb) (2) | to avoid or escape by cleverness or deceit |
| ecstatic (adj) (2) | in a state of exalted delight |
| fraud (noun) (3) | deliberate deception for unfair or unlawful gains |
| sarcastical (adj) (3) | expressing mocking or contemptous remarks |
| pretense (noun) (6) | the act of pretending |
| allegiance (noun) (6) | loyalty |
| indictment (noun) (7) | statement of criminal charges |
