| A | B |
|---|
| precedent | an act that goes before that may serve as an example |
| prescribe | write beforehand; order or adviceof medicine) |
| auspicious | promising good luck; favorable |
| surplus | above more |
| symbol | things thrown together for comparision; something that represents something else |
| distort | to twist away |
| veracious | truthful; accurate |
| deviate | to turn away from an established way |
| bipartisan | consisting of or supported by two parties |
| credentials | documents that cause others to believe in one |
| euphemism | the substitution of a mild(good) word in place of a distasteful or unpleasant one |
| euthanasia | a good death |
| genocide | the systematic, planned killing of a racial, political, or cultural group |
| malice | active bad feeling |
| acrophobia | an excessive or illogical fear of high places |
| premise | a statement sent before an intial statement |
| disproportionate | not proportionate |
| discomfit | to undo; to thwart the plans of; to make uneasy |
| credence | belief; acceptance as true |
| superimpose | to lay something over something else |
| xenophobia | fear of foreigners |
| abdicate | to proclaim away; to renounce formally a throne or high office |
| monocle | an eyeglass for one eye |
| circumnavigate | to sail around |
| diffident | not having faith in oneself; shy |
| synod | a journey together; a council or assembly |
| unprecedented | never having happened before |
| dissuade | to turn a person away |
| courier | one who carries messages |
| malicious | intentionally bad or harmful |
| antiquity | ancient (before) times |
| adversary | one turned against another opponent |
