| A | B |
|---|
| aberration | a departure from the usual course; a deviation; an abnormal development |
| adjudge | to decree or decide by law; to pass sentence |
| candor | openness; saying what one really thinks; frankness; impartiality |
| corroborate | to support or strengthen an idea or a statement; to attest to the truth of; to confirm |
| dearth | a scarcity, as of food; a lack; too small a supply of something |
| diurnal | occuring every day; daily; occuring during the daytime |
| herculean | extremely demanding or difficult; requiring or having great courage or strength, like that possessed by Hercules |
| ludicrous | amusingly absurd; ridiculous |
| retrospect | a contemplation or survey of things that happened in the past |
| salient | standing out; easily seen or noticed; conspicuous; noticable; prominent |
