| A | B |
| hierarchy | persons or things arranged in ranks or classes |
| impose | to establish or create (something unwanted) in a forceful or harmful way |
| rank | a position in society, organization, group, etc. |
| imbroglio | an intricate or complicated situation (as in a drama or novel) |
| acquiesce | the act of agreeing, accepting, or giving consent |
| deadpan | a completely expressionless face |
| rabble | a disorganized or confused collection of things |
| coalesce | to grow together |
| serpentine | something that winds sinuously |
| oblivion | the state of being destroyed |
| machinate | to plan or plot especially to do harm |
| opaque | obtuse, thickheaded |
| cant | to set at an angle |