| A | B |
|---|
| comely | handsome |
| palisade | a stake, esp. a fence of stakes for defense |
| respite | an interval of rest or relief |
| opulence | wealth, affluence, profusion |
| incurred | bring down upon oneself |
| lament | to grieve |
| dirge | a song or hymn of lamentation or mourning |
| unguent | a soothing or healing salve; ointment |
| consummate | to make perfect, achieve; to finish completely |
| capitulate | surrender |
| depicted | to portray in words or by a picture |
| litigants | one engaged in a lawsuit |
| stave | staffs, wooden sticks |
| aloof | indifferent |
| confiscate | to seize by authority |
| scrupulous | careful, upright, strict, exact, punctilious |
| unconscionable | not guided by conscience; unreasonable; shockingly unfair or unjust |
| indolence | laziness |
| desecrate | to violate the sanctity of; to treat irreverently, contemptuously |
| glib | marked by ease and fluency in speaking or writing |
| pelt | hurl or throw |
| ministrations | giving aid or serving |
| transfixed | impaled, pierced with a pointed weapon |
| quarry | the object of a chase; prey or game |
| perdition | utter destruction or eternal damnation |
| ambidextrous | using both hands with equal ease |
| scions | descendents, children |
| vouchsafing | to grant or furnish often in a gracious or condescending manner |
| inundated | overwhelmed, flooded |
| abated | reduce in degree or intensity; weaken, lessen |
| deter | to turn aside, discourage or prevent from acting; inhibit |
| mitigate | to cause to become less harsh or hostile; alleviate, relieve |
| impudence | marked by contemptuousness or cocky boldness or disregard of others |
| oblige | to put in one’s debt by a favor or service |
| defile | to befoul or debase, to sully or contaminate; desecrate |
| accost | to approach and speak to often in a challenging or aggressive way |
| niggardly | grudgingly stingy about spending or granting; miserly |
| scourge | an instrument of punishment or criticism; whip |
| palpitate | to beat rapidly and strongly; throb |
| solace | a source of relief or consolation; alleviation of grief |
| pyre | a combustible heap for burning a dead body as a funeral rite |
| bier | a stand on which a corpse or coffin is placed |
| lacerate | to tear or rend roughly |
| quoit | a flattened ring of iron used in a throwing game |
| cantankerous | difficult or irritating to deal with |
| equerry | an officer of a prince or noble charged with the care of horses |
| duly | in due manner, time or degree; properly |
| expedient | suitable, fit; suitable for achieving a particular end in a given circumstance |
| suppliant | one who begs humbly and earnestly of; prayer |
| requite | repay; avenge |
| wastrels | those who use resources foolishly and self-indulgently or vagabond or waif |
| fulminations | utter or send out denunciations, censures, invectives |
| amiable | friendly, sociable, congenial |
| depredations | plundered, ravaged, razed |
| admonish | to express warning or disapproval, esp. in a gentle, earnest manner; reprove |
| insidious | harmful but enticing; seductive |
