| A | B |
| amorous | of or associated with love |
| cardiogenic | originating in the heart |
| matriarch | a woman who rules the family |
| misogyny | hatred of women |
| paternity | fatherhood; authorship, origin |
| patricide | killing of one's father |
| pedodontics | the practice of caring for children's teeth |
| virtuoso | a person highly skilled or knowledgeable in a fine art |
| monotheism | the belief in one god |
| gynarchy | government by women |
| pedology | the study of children's physical and mental development |
| sororal | sisterly; resembling a sister |
| virile | manly; masculine |
| monogram | a design composed on one initial |
| quintuplets | a group of five offspring born in a single birth |
| pentadactyl | an animal with five fingers or toes |
| decathlon | an event in track and field consisting of 10 parts (events) |
| unilateral | of, relating to, involving, or affecting only one side |
| sextuplets | six babies born at a single birth |
| octogenarian | a person between the ages of 80 and 89 |
| tripartite | divided into three parts |
| aqueduct | a structure that leads water |
| capital | head city; seat of government |
| maledictions | curses; "bad speech" |
| circumspect | to look around; thoughtful of potential consequences |
| recapitulate | to state again; to go over again |
| malady | a bad condition; a sickness |
| retrospect | concerning looking backward in time |
| benediction | to speak well; good wishes; a blessing |
| capitol | the building that houses the heads of government |
| corpus delicti | the main element of a crime (literally, "the body of a crime") |
| malodorous | marked by a bad odor |
| equinox | either of two times in the year when day and night are equal in length |
| ominiscient | having total knowledge; knowing everything |
| soliloquy | the act of talking to oneself |
| solidarity | togetherness (to be as one) |
| omnibus | a list of all an author's writings |
| equipollent | equal in force or power |
| demirep | someone of doubtful reputation |
| hemialgia | pain afflicting half the body |
| multitudinous | having many parts; existing in great numbers |