| A | B |
|---|
| voracious | gluttonous; ravenous;insatiable. |
| Traumatic | painful emotional experience often producine a lasting effect |
| Incipient | In the first stage of existance |
| pecuniary | involving money/penalty,fine |
| apocryphal | not genuine; counterfeit |
| traduce | defame;slander/betray |
| opiate | anything that quiets, soothes, or deadens |
| exacerbate | to make more intense or sharp |
| precursor | forerunner/ predecessor |
| saturnine | sluggish |
| remonstrate | say in protest, objection, complaint/show; demonstrated |
| anachronism | anything that is or seems to be out of place in history |
| cacophonous | harsh, jarring sound |
| rapacious | taking by force; plundering |
| carrion | the decaying flesh of a dead body |
| masticating | chewing up food |
| didactic | intended for teaching or instruction |
| malevolent | wishing evil or harm on others |
| convivial | fond of festivities |
| caterwaul | screech; wail |
