| A | B |
|---|
| perfidy | a state of being faithless, disloyal, or treacherous |
| tenacity | state or quality of holding firm |
| suffuse | to spread over |
| expatriate | to force to leave one's country; banish, exile |
| fidelity | the ability to receive or transmit signals clearly and accurately |
| obsequioius | inclined to be obedient from fear or hope of gain; servile, fawning |
| obsequy | (usually in plural) funeral rites |
| potentate | one having controlling power |
| aver | to say with confidence; to say to be true; affirm, declare |
| vivacity | the quality of being lively |
| incisive | penetrating, keen; biting, sharp, caustic |
| retort | a harsh or witty reply; comeback; repartee |
| plenary | complete in every way; full |
| confederacy | a union of states; league |
| sanctimonious | pretending to be pious; making a show of being holy |
| acrimony | sharpness and bitterness in language |
| matricide | murder of one's mother |
| patrimony | an estate inherited from one's father |
| veracity | truthfulness |
| retentive | able to remember easily |
