| A | B |
|---|
| ascertain | to find out; detect |
| diabolism | witchcraft; sorcery |
| bemused | confused |
| antagonists | adversaries; opponents |
| propitiation | appeasement |
| licentious | having no regard for accepted rules or standards |
| evade | escape or avoid by cleverness or deceit |
| ecstatic | in a state of exalted delight |
| reprimand | to reprove or correct sharply |
| ameliorate | to make better or more tolerable; to improve |
| base | morally low; dishonorable |
| covet | to desire, especially to an excessive degree |
| ineptly | incompetently; awkwardly; clumsily |
