| A | B |
|---|
| persnickety | fussy about small details |
| reminisce | to recall past experiences, events |
| tedious | marked by tedium; long and tiresome |
| staccato | shortened and detached when played or sung |
| quibble | the general use of such arguments |
| ostracize | to exclude, by general consent, from society, friendship, conversation, privileges |
| cuisine | style or quality of cooking |
| adamant | 1. utterly unyielding in attitude or opinion in spite of all appeals, urgings |
| blarney | deceptive or misleading talk; nonsense |
| exotic | 1. of foreign origin or character; not native; introduced from abroad, but not fully naturalized or acclimatized |
| delicacy | 1. something delightful or pleasing, esp. a choice food considered with regard to its rarity, costliness, or the like |
| glutton | 1. one that has a great capacity for accepting or enduring something |
| iridescent | 1. displaying a play of lustrous colors like those of the rainbow |
| monotonous | 1. lacking in variety; tediously unvarying |
| corresponding | 1. similar in position, purpose, form |
| perpendicular | meeting a given line or surface at right angles |
| stamina | 1. strength of physical constitution; power to endure disease, fatigue, privation, etc. |
| luxurious | present or occurring in great abundance, rich profusion |
| foliage | the leaves of a plant, collectively; leafage |
| dejected | depressed in spirits; disheartened; low-spirited |
