| A | B |
| ubiquitous | seemingly present everywhere |
| subjugate | to bring under control |
| risque | very close to being improper or indecent |
| pernicious | causing great injury or destruction |
| invoke | to beg for |
| flamboyant | flamelike or brilliant; too showy or ornate |
| distort | to twist out of shape; to misrepresent |
| copious | plentiful; abundant |
| barrage | a curatain of artillery fire |
| scrupulous | conscientiously honest |
| beck | to give a signal to |
| beseech | to implore |
| carnage | massacre |
| clemncy | mercy |
| gamut | the whole range or sequence |
| hiatus | a break |
| inconceivable | incomprehensible |
| juncture | an articulation, joint, or seam |
| ruffian | a lawless or recklessly brutal fellow |
| ravenous | furiously hungry |