| A | B |
|---|
| bewilderment | confused or disoriented |
| credulity | believing too readily |
| deception | a ruse or a trick |
| eccentric | departing from what is normal or conventional |
| eerie | inspiring fear, dread, uneasiness; frightening |
| enigma | someone or something that is puzzling |
| esoteric | intended for or understood by only one group |
| espionage | the act or practice of spying or of using spies to obtain secret information |
| fallacious | containing or based on an untruth |
| hoax | an act intended to trick or deceive |
| portent | an indication of something important about to occur; an omen |
| relic | something that has survived the passage of time |
| reveal | to make known something that was secret |
| sinister | suggesting or threatening evil |
| speculation | contemplation or consideration of a subject; meditation |
