| A | B |
| dissent | [v.] to disagree; [n.] disagreement |
| eminent | [adj.] outstanding, distinguished, famous |
| exorcise | [v.] to drive out by magic |
| fabricate | [v.] to make, to manufacture, to make up [as a lie] |
| irate | [adj.] angry, fit of temper |
| marauders | [n.] raiders, plunderers, rebels |
| obesity | [n.] extremely overweight |
| pauper | [n.] extremely poor person, beggar |
| pilfering | [v.] to steal in small quantities |
| rift | [n.] a split, break, breach |
| semblance | [n.] a likeness in outward appearance; an apparition |
| surmount | [v.] to overcome, to rise above |
| terminate | [v.] to bring to an abrupt end |
| trite | [adj.] commonplace, overused, stale [jejune] |
| usurped | [v.] to seize and hold by force wrongfully |