| A | B |
| archaic | realted to or belonging to an earlier time |
| carouse | to take part in wild noisy merrymaking |
| 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 decieve |
| egregious | conspicuously bad; flagrant |
| execrate | o utterly abhor; to denounce as detestable |
| fealty | allegience; faithfulness |
| microcosm | a small system that operates or develops like a larger system |
| paroxysm | sudden, violent and uncontrollable action |
| pecuniary | having to do with money |
| recitude | high moral character |
| stratagem | a clever scheme for gaining an end |
| stultify | to render useless or ineffectual |
| vendetta | blood feud; bitter feud |