| A | B |
|---|
| accolade | praise or approval; a ceremonial embrace or greeting |
| expound | to explain in detail |
| immaculate | spotless; without blemish or fault |
| bromide | a trite or commonplace remark; a tiresome or boring person; a sedative |
| acerbity | sourness or bitterness of taste; harshness or severity of manner or expression |
| imprecation | a curse; the act of cursing |
| chronic | continuing over a long period of time or recurring often |
| factionalism | party strife and intrigue |
| chauvinist | extravagantly patriotic; blindly devoted to a cause; such a person |
| attrition | the process of wearing down by friction or gradual impairment |
| ineluctable | not able to be avoided, changed, or overcome |
| stigmatize | to brand or mark as in some way discreditable, disgraceful, or ignominious |
| vestige | a trace or visible evidence of something that once existed but now is lost or vanished |
| resplendent | shining or gleaming brilliantly; splendid or magnificent |
| mercurial | characterized by rapid and unpredictable changes of mood; fickle or inconstant |
| palliate | to make less serious or severe by glossing over; to relieve without actually curing, mitigate |
| volition | the power to choose, will, or decide; the act of choosing, willing, or deciding |
| vainglory | excessive pride in and boastfulness about one's own accomplishments or qualities; a vain show or display |
| protocol | customs and regulations dealing with official behavior and etiquette, as at a court or among diplomats; a type of international agreement; a memorandum, official account or record |
| sub rosa | in secret, confidentially, privately; secretive |
