| A | B |
|---|
| altruistic | unselfishly concerned for the welfare of others |
| chicanery | clever talk intended to mislead |
| dilettante | someone who has interest in a subject but does not study it in depth |
| eclectic | selecting materials from a wide range of sources |
| equanimity | the quality of being even-tempered |
| garmin | a homeless child |
| impugn | to criticize or challenge |
| impute | . to regard (something unfavorable or unwelcome) as being brought about by them |
| internecine | destructing, damaging to both sides |
| ostensible | of reasons, etc: stated or claimed, but not necessarily true; apparent |
| philistine | having no interest in or appreciation of art, literature, music, etc, and tending rather towards materialism |
| poignant | painful to the feelings |
| proclivity | a tendency to prefer something |
| progenitor | ancestor, forebear or forefather |
| recondite | hard to understand |
| shibboleth | a common saying |
| temerity | rashness or boldness; an unreasonable lack of fear |
| vitiate | to impair the quality or effectiveness of (e.g. an argument); to make something faulty or defective. |
| vixen | a female fox |
| wheedle | – to coax or cajole someone; to persuade them by flattery |
