| A | B |
|---|
| brandished | flourished; waved or shook a weapon |
| obvious | manifest; evident; exposed |
| indignantly | righteously angry; displeasure at something deemed unworthy |
| cordial | warmly friendly; stimulating; a liqueur |
| acquitted | pronounced not guilty; discharged of obligation or debt |
| oasis | any place or part of one's experience that is refreshingly different; a fertile spot in the desert |
| parricide | crime of killing one's father or either parent or anyone to whom reverence is owed |
| liaison | an illicit relationship between a man and a woman; a cooperative relationship maintained to ensure concerted action |
| intervened | interfered; came between |
| sordid | dirty; squalid; morally mean |
