| A | B |
| fabricate | (v) to make, manufacture; to make up, invent |
| gamut | (n) an entire range or series |
| hamper | (v) to obstruct |
| iconoclast | (n) one who attacks or seeks to overthrow popular or traditional belief, ideas, or institutions; an opponent of religious use of images |
| ignominious | (adj) marked with or full of disgrace; quality or conduct deserving disgrace; shameful; disgraceful |
| jeopardize | (v) to expose to loss or injury; to risk |
| labyrinth | (n) a bewildering maze; any confusing or complicated situation |
| magnanimous | (adj) generous in forgiving, above small meannesses |
| nadir | (n) the lowest point; time of greatest depression |
| obliterate | (v) to erase or blot out; to render imperceptible |