| A | B |
| deleterious | having a harmful effect; injurious |
| precipitous | resembling something on the brink of danger; extremely steep |
| culpable | deserving of blame or censure as being wrong, evil, or improper |
| omnipresence | present everywhere simultaneously |
| stealth | the act of moving, proceeding, or acting in a covert way |
| ruthlessness | having no compassion or pity; merciless |
| hubris | overbearing pride or presumption |
| myopia | lack of discernment or long range perspective in thinking; nearsighted |
| ubiquity | existence or apparent existence everywhere at the same time; omnipresent |
| guerdon | a reward; recompense |
| fealty | the fidelity owed by a vassal to his feudal lord; faithfulness; allegiance |
| admonition | mild reproof; cautionary warning or advice |
| deification | the act or process of making a god of, raising to the condition or status of a god |
| alleged | to assert, to affirm, to assert without or before proof |
| vindictive | disposed to seek revenge;marked by or resulting from a desire to hurt |
| lascivous | given to or expressing lust; lecherous |
| claustrophobic | uncomfortably closed or hemmed in; uncomfortable; confined |
| sultry | very humid and hot; extremely hot, torrid |
| bellicose | warlike in manner or temperament |
| oppressive | difficult to bear; burdensome; weighing heavily on the spirits |
| diaphanous | of such fine texture as to be almost transparent; characterized by delicacy or form |
| stagnant | not moving or flowing; motionless; showing little or no activity or advancement |
| brash | hasty and unthinking; impetuous |
| demeanor | the way in which a person behaves; deportment |
| moroseness | sullen; melancholy; gloomy |
| ire | anger, wrath |