| A | B |
|---|
| hydrophobia | (n) fear of water |
| pillage | (v) to steal things; plunder |
| nadir | (n) the lowest point |
| phoenix | (n) a mythological bird that lives for 500 years and sets itself on fire |
| chaste | (adj) pure in thought and act |
| unassailable | (adj) not liable to doubt, attack, or question |
| advocacy | (n) the act of advocating; public support |
| curmudgeon | (n) a bad-tempered and often old man |
| disreputable | (adj) not reputable; having a bad reputation |
| junta | (n) a group of persons controlling a government after a revolutionary seizure of power |
| latitude | (n) freedom from narrow restrictions |
| askew | (adj) out of line |
| bucolic | (adj) of or relating to shepherds or herdsmen |
| palpable | (adj) that can be touched or felt; also easily understood or noticed |
| artful | (adj) performed with or showing art or skill |
| witticism | (n) a witty saying |
| stark | (adj) bare, harsh, unadorned; strict; inflexible; rigid |
| tangible | (adj) having substance or reality; capable of being touched |
| vile | (adj) wicked |
| compost | (n) a mixture largely of decayed organic matter used for fertilizing and conditioning land |
