| A | B |
|---|
| mnenomics | assisting memory |
| billingsgate | the use of vulgar language |
| cupidity | inordinate desire |
| guillotine | device used to cut off heads |
| pander | to provide gratification for another's desires |
| tenebrous | dark or gloomy |
| plutocracy | government by the wealthy |
| gorgon | a mean, ugly woman |
| limbo | a condition of oblivion or neglect |
| procrustean | no regard for individual differences |
| benedict | a recently married man who was thought to be a bachelor |
| nemesis | an opponent who cannot be defeated |
| serendipity | when good things happen by chance |
| charlatan | theose who pretend to have cures for incurable diseases |
| quisling | a traitor who serves as a puppet to the enemy occupying his country |
| nirvana | a sublime state of being |
| Hobson's choice | there is no choice |
| Armageddon | final battle between good and evil |
| gerrymander | a ploy to which the courts do not take too kindly |
| macabre | horror or gruesomeness |
