| A | B |
|---|
| pithy | precisely meaningful; forceful and brief; concise and full of meaning |
| ascribe | to attribute to a specified cause, source, or origin: |
| incipient | beginning to exist or appear |
| evanescence | To dissipate or disappear like vapor; the event of fading and gradually vanishing from sight |
| ignominiously | shamefully; marked by shame or disgrace |
| monomania | intent concentration on or exaggerated enthusiasm for a single subject or idea; pathological obsession with one idea or subject |
| germane | being both pertinent and fitting |
| covert | not openly practiced, avowed, engaged in, accumulated, or shown |
| clandestine | kept or done in secret, often in order to conceal an illicit or improper purpose |
| augment | increase; to make (something already developed or well under way) greater, as in size, extent, or quantity |
| dubious | Fraught with uncertainty or doubt; undecided.; of doubtful character |
| broaching | to bring up (a subject) for discussion or debate |
| dissemble | To disguise or conceal behind a false appearance; to make a false of |
| restiveness | uneasily impatient under restriction, opposition, criticism, or delayresisting or uneasily controlled |
| palpable | tangible, perceptible, easily noticeable; capable of being handled, touched or felt |
| unfeigned | genuine, not pretended |
| adroit | skillful, adept |
| deprecation | to disapprove regretfully, to belittle, to express mild disapproval |
| inculpating | incriminating; blaming |
| paroxysm | sudden outburst of emotion or action; a spasm or fit |
| gelidly | very cold; icy |
| immured | to confine within or as if within walls; imprison |
| impolitic | not wise or expedient; not politic |
| aberration | a deviation from the proper or expected course |
| fain | gladly; preferably, rather (archaic) |
| self-abnegation | the setting aside of self-interest for the sake of others or for a belief or principle |
| latent | present or potential but not evident or active |
| elucidation | to make clear, explain |
| dubiety | doubtful, not clear; a feeling of doubt that often results in wavering |
| equable | unvarying; steady; free from extremes |
| axiom | a self-evident or universally recognized truth; a maxim; an established rule, principle, or law |
| pedantry | an ostentatious and inappropriate display of learning; pedantic attention to detail or rules |
| enervate | to weaken |
| casuist | someone whose reasoning is subtle and often specious (deceptively alluring) |
| palliating | to make (an offense or crime) seem less serious; extenuate; mitigate |
| regicidal | the killing of a king |
| clemency | leniency, mercy |
| pusillanimous | lacking courage; cowardly |
| tacitly | implied by or inferred from actions or statements; not spoken |
| behest | an authoritative command or an urgent request: |
| inviolable | secure from violation or profanation; or impregnable to assault or trespass; invincible |
| unostentatious | exhibiting restrained good taste; plain; unadorned |
| tampion | a plug or cover for the muzzle of a cannon or gun to keep out dust or moisture |
| sequestration | to segregate or isolate; putting into seclusion |
| incarnate | invested with bodily nature and form: |
| nominally | existing in name only; or insignificantly small; trifling: |
| dogma | an authoritative principle, belief, or statement of ideas or opinion, especially one considered to be absolutely true |
| abrogration | to abolish, to do away with |
| promulgated | formally made public; to make known (a decree, for example) by public declaration |
| perfunctory | acting routinely with little interest or care |
| penultimate | next to last |
| volition | A conscious choice or decision; the power or faculty of choosing; the will. |
| saturnine | melancholy or sullen; marked by a tendency to be bitter /sardonic |
| causticity | sarcastically biting; acrid |
| euthanasia | A quiet, painless death; or a mercy killing |
| requiem | a hymn, composition, or service for the dead; a mass for the deceased |
| circumambient | encompassing on all sides; surrounding |
| athiest | denial of the existence of God or a higher being |
| inexplicable | cannot be explained; difficult or impossible account for |
| cognomens | a name, especially a descriptive nickname or epithet acquired through usage over a period of time |
| onerous | troublesome or oppressive; not easily bourne; burdensome |
| venerated | revered; to regard with respect, reverence, or heartfelt deference |
