| A | B |
|---|
| talisman | an object held as a charm against evil or to bring good fortune |
| sunder | to break apart or separate (by violence |
| pungent | having an intense flavor or odor |
| concord | to be in accord or agreement; grammatical agreement |
| jettison | voluntary sacrifice of cargo to lighten a ship's load in time of distress; to drop from an aircraft in flight |
| trenchant | keen; sharp; vigorously effective and articulate |
| shrew | an ill-tempered scolding woman |
| dispel | to force away |
| querulous | constantly complaining; fretful |
| premonition | an early warning about a future event |
| spawn | to produce young in large numbers; to produce or deposit eggs |
| pernicious | deadly; highly injurious or destructive |
| skinflint | a person who would save |
| quash | suppress or extinguish (by force or intimidation) |
| sumptuous | extremely costly |
| portent | a sign of something about to happen |
| disavow | deny; refuse to acknowledge |
| propitious | a good omen |
| consensus | general agreement by a group |
| repudiate | to reject as untrue |
| corrosive | something capable of eating away or destroying |
| schism | the division of a group into opposing factions. |
| oust | to remove and replace (from a position or office) |
| bountiful | produced in abundance |
| fiend | a cruel |
