| A | B |
|---|
| bane | a source of harm or ruin |
| levity | excessive or unseemly frivolity |
| rankle | fester,festering sore |
| incarnate | invested with bodily and esp. human nature and form |
| duplicity | contradictory doubleness of thought, speech or action |
| brazen | marked by contemptuous boldness |
| insolence | boldly rude or disrespectful, insulting |
| opportune | suitable, apt |
| pestilence | a deadly or virulent epidemic disease |
| clairvoyant | quick, intuitive knowledge of things and people |
| expedient | a handy means to an end |
| edict | any authoritative proclamation or command, a decree issued by a sovereign or other authorities |
| pallid | pale, faint or deficient in color |
| augury | an omen, token or indication |
| regicide | the killing of a king |
| suppliant | ... |
