| A | B |
|---|
| archaic | related or belonging to an earlier time |
| vendetta | a blood feud; a prolonged and bitter feud |
| chicanery | clever deception through the use of misleading or confusing words or acts |
| contentious | causing or marked by argument or conflict |
| dissemble | to conceal with an intent to deceive |
| egregious | conspicuously bad; flagrant |
| execrate | to utterly abhor; to denounce as detestable |
| fealty | faithfulness; allegiance |
| microcosm | a small system that operates or develops like a larger system; a miniature world |
| paroxysm | a sudden, violent, and uncontrollable action or occurrence |
| pecuniary | having to do with money |
| rectitude | high moral character |
| stratagem | a clever scheme for gaining an end |
| stultify | to render useless or ineffectual; to weaken |
| carouse | to take part in noisy, often drunken, merrymaking |
