| A | B |
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| agrarian | adj. Ahving to do with farming or agriculture. |
| burgeon | v. To grow and expand rapidly; to flourish. |
| cataclysm | n. A sudden and violent change; a catastrophe. |
| culinary | adj. Having to do with cooking. |
| denigrate | v. To attack the reputation of; to criticize in a degrogatory manner. |
| gourmet | n. A person who likes fine food and is a good judge of its quality. |
| grandiloquent | adj. Using lofty or pompous speech or expression. |
| hybrid | n. 1. The offspring of two animals or plants of different species or varities. 2. Anything that is of mixed origin or composition. |
| manifold | adj. Having many different kinds, forms, or parts. |
| palatable | adj. Acceptable or pleasing, especially to the sense of taste. |
| panacea | n. Something that is supposed to cure all ills or difficulties; a cure-all. |
| plebeian | adj. Of or pertaining to the common people; common; unrefined. |
| scourge | n. SOmething that causes great apin and suffering; a social evil. v. TO punish severly, especially by whipping; to devastate. |
| stalemate | n. A halt in a struggle because both sides are equally strong and neither sdie will give in; a deadlock. |
| temperate | adj. Mild, moderate; restrained. |
