| A | B |
| Clandestine | marked by, held in, or conducted with secrecy |
| Rebukes | to criticize sharply; reprimand |
| Impertinent | given to or characterized by insolent rudeness |
| Relinquish | to give over possession or control of; yield |
| Deluge | an overwhelming amount or number |
| Indignant | feeling, characterized by, or expressing strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive |
| Tumultuous | marked by violent or overwhelming turbulence or upheaval |
| Harangue | a ranting speech or writing |
| Danaidean | the 50 daughters of Danaus, 49 of whom were condemned to pour water forever into a leaky vessel for having murdered their husbands |
| Skirmishes | brisk preliminary verbal conflict |
| Oppressive | unreasonably burdensome or severe |
| Tempestuous | turbulent, stormy |
| Conversely | reversed inorder, relation, or action |
| Menacing | to make a show of intention to harm |
| Diphtheria | an acute febrile contagious disease typically marked by the formation of a false membrane especially in the throat and caused by a gram-positive bacterium (Corynebacterium diphtheriae) that produces a toxin causing inflammation of the heart and nervous system |