| A | B |
|---|
| despoil | to strip of belongings or worth |
| educe | to conclude from given facts |
| equable | not varying; steady |
| happenstance | a circumstance due to chance |
| insular | relating to an island or island people; resistant to new ideas |
| mayhem | violent deliberate injury, destruction and chaos |
| parlous | much uncertainty, risk, or danger |
| pellucid | clear; transparent |
| preclude | to make impossible; to prevent |
| propinquity | a closeness in position |
| rapacious | taking without restraint; greedy or grasping |
| schism | a division in a group due to discord |
| sublimate | to redirect one's impulses or instincts to a more socially acceptable expression |
| talisman | an object believed to have magical powers |
| terrestrial | relating to the earth; land; as opposed to water |
