| A | B |
|---|
| morbid | gruesome: unhealthy psychologically |
| fray | a fight, a brawl |
| deferred | postponed; delayed; withheld to a future date |
| skulk | to lurk; to lie in hiding; to move about stealthily |
| sarcasm | bitter and cutting speech that is meant to hurt |
| dastardly | cowardly; mean spirited |
| dyspepsia | indigestion |
| controversy | a dispute; an argument, especially a lengthy one |
| belligerent | warlike, eager and willing to fight |
| derive | to obtain or receive from a source; to arrive at by reasoning |
| anathema | the formal denunciation of a person or thing; someone or something cursed |
| trifle | something of slight importance or very little value; a little |
| presumptuous | arrogant; excessively forward; excessively confident |
| pious | devoutly religous |
| conciliative | pacify; win over; overcome distrust |
| adamant | firm in purpose or opinion; unyieding |
| bigot | one who is prejudice |
| egalitarian | one who believes in equal rights for all citizens |
| oratory | the art of speaking |
| melancholy | gloom, sadness, depression of spirit |
| denunciation | the act of condemning or accusing |
| misbegotten | illegitimate |
| distract | the act of turning away attention |
| interdicted | to prohibit or forbid |
| incompetence | not capable; not showing ability |
| babble | to make sounds that are unclear or meaningless; to talk foolishly or too much |
| apoplectic | seeming on the verge of having a stroke |
| precedence | the act or fact of coming before in time or rank; |
| disdain | feeling of contempt or distrust for someone or something thought of as unworthy |
| incumbent | imposed as a duty |
