| A | B |
|---|
| amicable | (adj.) peaceable, friendly |
| belligerent | (adj.) given to fighting, combative, aggressive |
| cursory | (adj.) hasty, not thorough |
| extol | (v.) to praise extravagantly |
| holocaust | (n.) a large-scale destruction; a vast slaughter |
| impetus | (n.) a moving force, impulse, stimulus |
| meticulous | (adj.) extremely careful; particular about details |
| quintessence | (n.) the purest essence or form of something; the most typical example |
| retrogress | (v.) to move backward; to return to an earlier condition |
| tepid | (adj.) lukewarm; unenthusiastic, marked be an absence of interest |
