| A | B |
|---|
| paucity (n) | scarcity; smallness in number or amount |
| rescind (v) | to cancel; to repeal; to set aside |
| iconoclast (n) | a person who attacks cherished beliefs or established institutions |
| rancor (n) | deep spite or malice; strong hate or bitter feeling |
| acquiesce (v) | to accept the conclusions or arrangements of others; to accede; to give consent by keeping silent |
| clemency (n) | mercy; mildness |
| provincial (adj) | having the ways and speech of a certain province; of or like country people as apart from city people (unsophisticated); thinking in narrow ways |
| squalid (adj) | dirty or wretched in appearance; morally repulsive; sordid |
| embroil (v) | to involve in a quarrel |
| threadbare (adj) | with the nap worn down so that the threads show; frayed or shabby; used so often that it is stale |
