| A | B |
| Querulous | (adj.) irritable |
| Sagacity | (n) wisdom |
| Transient | (adj.) temporary, fleeting |
| Amicable | (adj.) agreeable, friendly |
| Surreptitious | (adj.) secret, stealthy |
| Circuitous | (adj.) indirect, roundabout |
| Adulation | (n) high praise |
| Assiduous | (adj.) hard working |
| Impetuous | (adj.) rash, impulsive |
| Invocation | (n) invoke (v) calling for help or support/ to call forth or put into effect |
| Revel | (v) take pleasure in something |
| Guile | (n) deceitful cunning |
| Guise | (n) external appearance, costume |
| Restitution | (n) payback or the act of restoring something to its rightful owner |
| indignation | (n) anger aroused by something unjust or unworthy |
| abject | (adj) sunk to the lowest state;without spirit or hope |
| hekatomb | (n) an ancient greek and roman sacrifice of 100 oxen or cattle |
| bane | (n) source of harm or ruin |
| insidious | (adj) harmful but enticing, having a gradual, subtle effect on something |
| chastised | (v) to severely punish or scold |