| A | B |
| abhor | v. to regard with horror, to hate deeply |
| amend | V. to change in a formal way, modify, improve |
| buffet | v. to slap or strike repeatedly n. a slap, blow |
| chaos | n. great confusion, disorder, anarchy |
| commodious | adj. roomy, spacious, ample |
| corrosive | adj. eating away gradually, acidlike, caustic |
| discern | v. to see clearly, recognize, perceive |
| extant | adj. still existing, surviving |
| implicate | v. to involve in, incriminate |
| inter | v. to bury, commit to earth |
| martinet | n. a strict disciplinarian, taskmaster |
| obviate | v. to anticipate and prevent, to remove |
| renegade | n. one who leaves a group, deserter, outlaw, turncoat, defector |
| reprehensible | adj. deserving blame or punishment, blameworthy |
| somber | adj. dark, gloomy, mornful |
| squalid | adj. filthy, wretched, dingy |
| turbulent | adj. disorderly, riotous |
| vociferous | adj. loud and noisy, uproarious |
| voluminous | adj. of great size, numerous, massive |
| waive | v. to do without, decline |