| A | B |
| forensic | related to use in a court of law |
| gamut | an entire range or series of anything |
| guerrilla | engaging in irregular warfare |
| heterogeneous | composed of diverse segments |
| hypochondriac | a person who imagines that he or she is ill |
| impecunious | habitually having little or no money |
| imputation | a false blame on someone innocent |
| incubus | one who oppresses or burdens like a nightmare |
| infamy | a bad reputation earned by doing something grossly shocking |
| insipid | lacking taste or stimulation |
| inure | to become used to something undesirable |
| jetsam | items from ships that are cast overboard and are washed ashore |
| lascivious | lustful, obscene |
| lissome | limber, flexible |
| lurid | horrorific, gruesome, grisly |
| mendicant | one that begs, lives off of begging |
| moot | open to question, debatable, disputed |
| nemesis | one that inflicts retribution or revenge |
| odious | hateful, disgusting, offensive |
| oligarchy | government by the few |