| A | B |
|---|
| abscond | (v) escape; run off; flee |
| virulent | (adj) excessively hateful, intensely bitter or spiteful |
| enigmatic | (adj) puzzling; mysterious; baffling |
| feign | (v) pretend; to put on false appearance |
| depredate | (v) plunder; ravage; steal; loot; pillage; sack |
| gregarious | (adj) sociable; friendly; extroverted |
| histrionic | (adj) theatrical, overly dramatic; exaggerated |
| humanist | (n) one who believes in the importance of the individual |
| illicit | (adj) illegal; forbidden |
| immutable | (adj) not changable; constant |
| ludicrous | (adj) absurd; foolish; ridiculous |
| lull | (v) to cause to feel a false sense of security; to put to sleep |
| marauder | (n) burglar; plunderer |
| malaise | (n) depression, melancholy |
| nominal | (adj) small; insignificant; in name only |
| redress | (v) to set right; change |
| sophistry | (adj) lack of imagination, literalism |
| coffer | (n) strongbox, chest for holding treasure; (v) to store or hoard up |
| vile | (adj) despicable, contemptible |
| bereft | (adj) deprived or robbed of the possession or use of something (usually used with "of") |
