| A | B |
|---|
| temperate | marked by moderation, not extreme or excessive; mild |
| melancholy | depression of spirits; dejection |
| confounding | baffling, frustrating |
| vanquish | to defeat in a conflict or contest |
| inestimably | incapable of being estimated |
| proverbial | that has become a proverb or byword; commonly spoken of |
| canonical | conforming to a general rule or acceptable procedure; orthodox |
| encumbered | weighed down, burdened |
| heart-rending | heartbreaking |
| deference | in consideration of |
| jester | fool |
| quintessential | the most typical example or representiative |
| prototype | a standard or typical example |
| cohort | companion, colleague |
| antidote | something that relieves, prevents, or counteracts |
| trove | a valuable collection; treasure |
| implausible | not plausible; provoking disbelief |
| banish | to require by authority to leave |
| dubious | giving rise to uncertainty |
| grandiose | impressive because of uncommon largeness, scope, effect, or grandeur |
| pertinent | having a clear decisive relevance to the matter at hand |
| nostalgic | a wistful or excessively sentimental, sometimes abnormal yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition |
| lauded | praise, extol |
| emigrate | to leave one's place of residence or country to live elsewhere |
| self-aggrandizement | to make oneself appear greater; to praise oneself |
| braggart | a loud, arrogant boaster |
