2 vocab

• arid


  dry out
• ascetic


  abstinent, non-indulgent
• Assuage


  to ease
• Autocrat


  ruler with absolute power
• avarice


  extremely greedy
• axiom


  accepted truth
• beatitude


  state of bliss
• Beleaguer


  to cause problems for
• belie


  give false impression
• belligerent- hostile