| A | B |
|---|
| nirvana | a condition of great peace |
| salutary | healthful; wholesome |
| despicable | contemptible; hateful |
| harlequin | a clown |
| empathy | an understanding of another's feelings |
| brevity | briefness; short duration |
| savant | a person of extensive learning |
| obsequious | ecessively submissive or overly attentive |
| redundant | repetitious; using more words than needed |
| offal | garbage; waste parts |
| hoi polloi | the common people; the masses |
| sentient | conscious; capable of feeling or perceiving |
| impinge | to encroach; to trespass |
| cataract | a large waterfall |
| animosity | hatred |
| bombast | impressive but meaningless langugage |
| orthography | correct spelling |
| paleontology | a science dealing with prehistoric life through the study of fossils |
| recoil | draw back |
| panache | self-confidence |
| saturnine | gloomy, sluggish |
| endemic | confined to a particular area |
| mendacious | lying; false; deceitful |
| obviate | to prevent; to get around |
| paroxysm | a sudden outburst; a fit |
| aggrandize | to increase the range of expand; to make appear larger |
| deign | to lower oneslef before an inferior |
| flaunt | to show off |
| shibboleth | a word or pronunciation that distinguishes someone as of a particular group |
| elicit | to draw forth; to call forth |
