| A | B |
|---|
| altercation | Noisy quarrel; angry dispute |
| acquiescence | Acceptance without protest. |
| change of venue | moving a trial to a location where the accused will have a fair trial |
| rotogravure | a process of printing pictures; often photographs of pictures. |
| aggregation | gathering of individuals into a body or group; assemblage |
| Linotype | an older printing machine operated from a keyboard that casts an entire line as a single slug of metal. |
| amanuensis | a person who copies manuscripts or takes dictation |
| encumber | To burden; weigh down. |
| elucidate | Make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear |
| gleaning | gathering or discovering, finding out slowly but surely |
| objective | Undistorted by emotion or personal bias; based on observable phenomena |
| uncouth | Not refined; clumsy; awkward; crude |
| Klan | A secret society of white Southerners to resist Blacks |
| decree | A legally binding command or decision entered on the court record |
| impassive | Having or revealing little emotion or sensibility; not easily aroused or excited. |
| succinct | Briefly giving the gist of something. |
| unobtrusive | inconspicuous, attracting little or no attention |
| amiably | In a good-natured and friendly manner |
| smugly | too highly pleased with oneself; self-satisfied |
| ambidextrous | Equally skillful with each hand. |
| corrugated | Fold into ridges |
| subpoena | an official written order commanding a person to appear in court |
| turbulent | Characterized by unrest,chaos,agitation or disorder |
| benignly | gently, kindly, not harming |
| complacently | Contented to a fault; self-satisfied and unconcerned |
| fey | able to see into the future |
| champertous | when a person bargains to carry out the prosecutions |
| corroborating | Support with evidence or authority : make more certain or confirm |
| acrimonious | resentful and angry: full of or displaying anger and resentment |
| mollified | pacify somebody:calm or soothe somebody who is angry or upset |
| connivance | Corrupt or guilty assent to wrongdoing, not involving actual participation in, but knowledge of, and failure to prevent or oppose it. |
| furtive | done slyly or stealthly, sneaky, secret, shifty |
| dictum | An authoritative, often formal pronouncement |
| litigants | a person engaged in a lawsuit. |
| Mennonites | A member of an Anabaptist movement in Holland noted for its simplicity of life. |
| chiffarobe | a large cabinet with drawers and a place for hanging clothes |
| expunge | to remove; to delete; to erase |
| contraband | goods illegally imported or exported; smuggled merchandise |
| temerity | unwise boldness, reckless, or rash behavior in the face of danger |
| heathen | A person who does not acknowledge your God. |
| vehement | forceful violent; showing strong feelings |
| volition | The capability of conscious choice and decision and intention. |
| impudent | Boldness, rudeness or disrespect to others. |
| circumstantial evidence | Evidence of external facts from which other facts in question can be inferred. |
| cynical | critical and distrustful of human nature and motives |
| collective | Done by or characteristic of individuals acting together. |
| discreet | cautious about one's words, actions |
| evidence | something that provides verification |
| tacit | Understood or implied without being stated |
| ex cathedra | by virtue of or in the exercise of one's office; authoriative |
| aridity | lacking in interest and life; dull |
| unmitigated | Not diminished or moderated in intensity or severity; sometimes used as an intensifier. |
| Shadrach | ordered with Meshach and Abednego into a fire by Nebechadnezzar for not worshipping idols - it appeared that after they were thrown into the fire there were four men walking around it - believed to be an angel |
