| A | B |
|---|
| ad hoc | for this specific purpose, improvised, with respect to this |
| depredation | the act of preying upon or plundering |
| harbinger | a forerunner, herald/to herald the approach of |
| de facto | actually existing or in effect/in reality, actually |
| abberation | a departure from what is proper, right, expected, or normal |
| empathy | a sympathetic understanding of or identification with the feelings, thoughts, or attitudes or someone or something else |
| bathos | abrupt change to ordinary style, a sudden descent in style or manner from the elevated or sublime to the commonplace |
| bane | the source or cause of fatal injury, death, destruction, or ruin, death or ruin itself |
| cantankerous | ill-tempered, quarrelsome, difficult |
| casuistry | the determination of right and wrong in questions of conduct |
| peccadillo | a minor sin or offense, trifling fault or shortcoming |
| syndrome | a group of symptoms |
| nepotism | undue favoritism to or excessve patronage of one's relatives |
| hedonism | the belief that the attainment of please is life's chief aim, devotion to or pursuit of pleasure |
| piece de resistance | the principle dish of a meal, the principle event |
| remand | to send or order back; to send back to jail or to a lower court |
| pander | to cater to or provide satisfaction for the low tastes or vices of others/ a person who does this |
| mellifluous | flowing sweetly or smoothly, honeyed |
| lackluster | lacking brillance or vitality; dull |
| malcontent | discontented with or in open defiance of prevailing conditions/ such a person |
