| A | B |
|---|
| volition | 1. act or fault of willing 2. choice or preference 3. not willing |
| hedonistic | 1.belief that pleasure is the greatest good and chief aim |
| xenophobic | 1. fear of strangers or outsiders |
| miasma | 1. infectious or noxious escape of air 2. foul vapor |
| conflagration | 1. great and destructive fire |
| automaton | 1. one that behaves or responds in a mechanical way 2. robot |
| askew | 1. to one side 2. crooked 3. aligned |
| suppurated | 1. formed puss 2. festered |
| charnel | 1. A repository for the bones or bodies of the dead; a charnel house 2. catacomb |
| succinct | 1. concise 2. brief 3. lengthy |
| pyres | 1. A pile of combustibles (as for burning a corpse as a funeral rite) 2. combustibles |
| capricious | 1. subject to sudden impulsive change in thinking or acting 2. impulsive; unpredictable 3. deliberate |
| verdant | 1. green with vegetation 2. blooming or lush 3. dying |
| destitute | 1. lacking resources or the means to substinance 2. wanting or deprived of 3. prosperous |
| shikata ga nai | common Japanese expression meaning "It can't be helped. Oh, well. Too bad." |
| hibakusha | "explosion affected people" |
