| A | B |
|---|
| accusation | a statement that a person is guilty of wrongdoing |
| annihilate | to destroy completely |
| attest | to state or authenticate that something is true |
| bulbous | like or relating to a bulb |
| complacence | a sense of contentment with the current state or situation |
| copious | appearing in large number |
| derision | offensive attitude or speech |
| disparage | to speak poorly of |
| equivocate | to use words that have multiple meanings |
| geniality | friendly behavior or attitude |
| impartial | having no preconceived belief or position |
| ire | anger |
| maudlin | excessively emotional |
| morose | sorrowful or sullen |
| odious | extremely distasteful |
| palatial | large and glorious |
| permissible | able to be permitted |
| prelude | an introduction or overture |
| quiescent | inactive or at rest |
| reprisal | an act of revenge or retribution |
| sequester | to confine and isolate |
| surmise | to guess |
| transition | an element that serves to smoothly connect two things |
| usurious | requiring excessive or illegal interest to be paid on a loan |
| wizen | to cause to dry out |
