| A | B |
|---|
| minion | a servile or fawning dependant |
| prolific | bearing in abundance especially offspring |
| abyss | a bottomless gulf or pit; any unfathomable (or apparently unfathomable) cavity or chasm or void extending below (often used figuratively) |
| eradicate | destroy completely, as if down to the roots |
| extirpate | destroy completely, as if down to the roots |
| rescind | annul by recalling or rescinding |
| interloper | someone who intrudes on the privacy or property of another without permission |
| mountebank | a flamboyant deceiver; one who attracts customers with tricks or jokes |
| wile | the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) |
| nostrum | patent medicine whose efficacy is questionable |
| panacea | hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists |
| resilient | recovering readily from adversity, depression, or the like |
| taciturn | habitually reserved and uncommunicative, very shy |
| miserly | used of persons or behavior; characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity |
| antagonist | someone who offers opposition |
| countervail | oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions |
| seethe | be in an agitated emotional state |
| effervescent | marked by high spirits or excitement |
| loquacious | full of trivial conversation |
| inveterate | Firmly established by long continuance; obstinate; deep-rooted; of long standing |
| craven | lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful |
| season | make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate |
| gape | a stare of amazement (usually with the mouth open) |
| fracas | noisy quarrel, brawl |
| reciprocate | act, feel, or give mutually or in return |
| prolific | intellectually productive |
| eradicate | kill in large numbers |
| extirpate | pull up by or as if by the roots |
| nostrum | hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists |
| resilient | rebounds readily |
| antagonist | a muscle that relaxes while another contracts |
| countervail | compensate for or counterbalance |
| seethe | boil vigorously |
| effervescent | (of a liquid) giving off bubbles |
| inveterate | Having habits fixed by long continuance; confirmed; habitual |
| craven | an abject coward |
| season | make fit |
| gape | be wide open |
| reciprocate | alternate the direction of motion of |
| season | a period of the year marked by special events or activities in some field |
| gape | look with amazement; look stupidly |
| extirpate | surgically remove (an organ) |
| antagonist | a drug that neutralizes or counteracts the effects of another drug |
| seethe | be noisy with activity |
| effervescent | used of wines and waters; charged naturally or artificially with carbon dioxide |
| inveterate | Malignant; virulent; spiteful |
| season | lend flavor to |
| gape | an expression of open-mouthed astonishment |
| season | one of the natural periods into which the year is divided by the equinoxes and solstices or atmospheric conditions |
| inveterate | Old; long-established |
| season | a recurrent time marked by major holidays |
| inveterate | To fix and settle by long continuance |
