| A | B |
| bellicose | inclined or eager to fight; aggressively willing to fight |
| bucolic | rustic or pastoral; pertaining to sheperds, rural, or farm life |
| capitulate | to surrender unconditionally; yield, give in |
| carnage | great destruction of life; slaughter, massacre |
| charlatan | a person who pretends to know more than he/she actually does |
| citadel | a fortress that commands a city and is used in the control of the inhabitants |
| conjecture | formation or expression of opinion or theory without sufficient evidence or proof |
| abdicate | to renounce, give up, relinquish, cast off an authority or power |
| cognizant | aware; conscious of one's surroundings or needs of others |
| accrue | to happen as a result of natural growth; acquire |