| A | B |
| harbinger | to announce; to indicate what will follow; a forerunner, a herald; a precursor |
| emanating | to issue from; to originate from |
| demagogue | a leader who stirs up people by appealing to their emotions, a rabble-rouser |
| prevaricated | to tell a lie; to evade the truth |
| detriment | damage; harm; injury; anything that causes damage or injury |
| obnoxious | very disagreeable; highly offensive; hateful |
| chastised | to punish; to criticize severely; to scold |
| irrevocable | not capable of being retracted, recalled, or withdrawn; unalterable |
| deplore | to feel very sorry about; to regret deeply; to lament; to disapprove of |
| intercede | to plead, or petition, on another's behalf; to act as a mediator in a dispute |