| A | B |
| anarchy | the absence of government or law; political disorder |
| cajole | to persuade by pleasant words |
| commodious | roomy; spacious |
| ethnology | the branch of anthropology that deals with recent societies or language groups, their distribution, characteristics, and cultures |
| extricate | to release from an entanglement or a difficulty |
| impair | to make worse; to damage or weaken |
| menial | of or suited to a servant |
| nadir | the point in the celestial sphere directly below the observer and opposite the zenith; the lowest possible point |
| pestilence | a contagious and often fatal disease that spreads rapidly; a destructive or evil influence or factor |
| rampant | growing without check or restraint; widespread |