| A | B |
| bellicose | inclined or eager to fight; aggressively hostile |
| bucolic | suggesting a perfect rural life. |
| capitulate | to surrender unconditionally or based on certain terms |
| carnage | the slaughter of a great number of people, as in battle; butchery; massacre |
| charlatan | a person who pretends or claims to have more knowledge or skill than he or she possesses |
| citadel | strongly fortified place; stronghold or fortress |
| conjecture | form or express an opinion or theory without sufficient evidence for proof. |
| abdicate | to give up or renounce office, authority, etc., especially voluntarily/publicly |
| cognizant | Having or showing awareness, realization, or knowledge |
| accrue | to happen or result as a natural growth or addition; to add as a matter of periodic gain or advantage |