| A | B |
|---|
| bilk | to cheat or swindle; to thwart |
| homily | a sermon |
| demise | death; a ceasing to exist |
| emit | to send out; to give forth, as in sound or light |
| decadence | moral deterioration |
| aghast | feeling great dismay or horror |
| granary | a storehouse for grain |
| choleric | easily angered |
| impede | to hinder; to obstruct |
| qualm | a feeling of uneasiness |
| lampoon | a written satire used to ridicule or attack someone |
| narcissistic | conceited; having excessive self-love or admiration |
| eradicate | to wipe out; to destroy |
| fabricate | to concoct; to make up a story in order to decive |
| ghastly | horrible; frightful |
| despot | a dictator with absolute power |
| educe | to draw or bring out (as in a splinter or someone's emotions) |
| effrontery | shameless boldness |
| allude | to hint at; to refer to indirectly |
| enmity | deep-seated hostility, often mutual (HATRED!) |
