| A | B |
|---|
| hierarchy | a system in which people or things are placed in a series of levels with different importance or status |
| impose | to cause (something, such as a tax, fine, rule, or punishment) to affect someone or something by using your authority |
| rank | having a strong, unpleasant smell |
| imbroglio | a violently confused or bitterly complicated altercation or argument |
| acquiesce | to accept, agree, or allow something to happen by staying silent or by not arguing |
| deadpan | showing no feeling or emotion--used to describe humor that is done or said in a serious way |
| rabble | a disorganized or disorderly crowd of people who could become violent; mob |
| coalesce | to unite for a common end; join forces |
| serpentine | winding or turning one way and another; having many bends and turns |
| oblivion | the state of something that is not remembered, used, or thought about any more |
| machinate | to scheme or contrive to bring about; to plot |
| opaque | hard to understand or explain |
| cant | the phraseology peculiar to a particular class, party, profession, etc. |
