| A | B |
| bland | dull; calming or soothing |
| culinary | related to cooking or kitchens |
| cutlery | eating utensils, cutting tools |
| devour | eat up greedily |
| morsel | very small piece or treat |
| pungent | sharp, strong taste or smell |
| quaff | drink heartily and deeply |
| ravenous | extremely hungry |
| savory | pleasing to the taste or smell |
| simmer | cook gently in a liquid, filled with pent-up emotion |
| blight | ruin, something that ruins or harms |
| cataclysm | intense and violent disaster |
| decomposition | rotting, breaking down, disintegration |
| eradication | eliminating (by roots) |
| havoc | destruction, devastation, chaos, distorder |
| mar | inflict damage, spoil |
| obliterate | wipe out completely |
| pugnacious | combative, eager for a fight |
| pulverize | pound, crush, grind into powder |
| stagnant | stale, foul, lacking progress |