1. Every Bloody Word I. “The Last to See Them Alive”
Beneficence: (n) quality/state of doing good
Edifice: (n) building, esp. a massive structure
Myriad: a great number (n.); many (adj.)
Abstemious: (adj) marked by restraint, esp. in the consumption of food or alcohol
Despondent: (adj) feeling or showing extreme discouragement or depression
Mesmeric: (adj) fascinating, hypnotic

2. Every Bloody Word I. “The Last to See Them Alive”
Ludicrous: (adj) absurd to the point of being funny
Prim: (adj) exaggeratedly dainty, proper, or refined
Ineffable: (adj) incapable of being expressed in words
Ethereal: (adj) lacking material substance or marked by unusual delicacy or refinement
Lilliputian: (adj) small, miniature (cf. Gulliver’s Travels)
Fastidious: (adj) having high and often capricious standards; difficult to please
Quandary: (n) a state of perplexity or doubt

3. Every Bloody Word II. AP Intermezzo
Pedantic: (adj) detail-obsessed
Ascertain: (v) to make sure of
Mercurial: (adj) liable to change suddenly and unpredictably
Affable: (adj) friendly
Sanguine: (adj)
1. Confidently optimistic and cheerful
2. Reddish, esp. with respect to complexion
Maudlin: (adj) effusively or insincerely emotional
Lyrical: (adj) expressing deep personal emotion

4. Every Bloody Word II. “Persons Unknown”
Raucous: (adj) boisterously disorderly
Bravura: (n) a show of daring or brilliance
Propriety (n) conformity to social norms; “properness”
Forlorn (adj) nearly hopeless
Belligerence (n) an aggressive or truculent attitude, disposition, or tone
Abscond (v) to depart secretly, usually taking something along (e.g. “abscond with the cash”)
Purloin (v) to steal

5. Every Bloody Word III. “Persons Unknown” / Intermezzo
Admonish: (v) to express warning or disapproval
Paradox: (n) a seemingly contradictory statement that contains a deeper truth
Dour: (adj) gloomy, stern, or forbidding
Parity: (n) equality in amount, status, or value
Disparity: (n) a difference or inequality
Histrionic: (adj) theatrical to an extreme; emotionally over-the-top

6. Every Bloody Word III. “Answer”
Amiable: (adj) agreeable, friendly
Ambivalent: (adj) characterized by simultaneous, contradictory attitudes or feelings toward someone or something
Fortitude: (n) strength of mind; courage
Patronize: (tr. v)
to be a patron or customer of; to give business to
to adopt an air of condescension toward
Pensive: (adj) dreamily thoughtful
Somnolent: (adj) sleepy or sleep-inducing
Expurgate: (tr. v) to cleanse of offensive material
Sundry: (adj) miscellaneous; various