| A | B |
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| acolyte (n) | person who assists in some religious services by carrying out minor duties; one who attends or assists |
| bibulous (adj) | given to the consumption of alcoholic drinks |
| coalesce (v) | to grow together; to unite to form a whole |
| covert (adj) | not openly acknowledged; secret |
| declaim (v) | to recite something in the style of a public speech; to speak in a loud, theatrical way |
| delineate (v) | to describe vividly and in detail |
| delineate (v) | to draw an outline of; to represent by drawing |
| demagogue (n) | a leader who seeks power by appealing to people's emotions & prejudices by making false claims and promises |
| encomium (n) | expression of warm and enthusiastic praise; a tribute |
| obdurate (adj) | resistant to persuasion; inflexible |
| prescience (n) | foresight; knowledge beforehand of events |
| protagonist (n) | the chief character in a drama or story |
| sedulous (adj) | completed with careful perseverance; diligence |
| trenchant (adj) | expressed with vigor and penetrating insight; keenly perceptive |
| utopia (n) | a place or state of perfect social and political conditions |
| valedictory (n) | a farewell address, especially one given at a graduation ceremony |
| bibulous (adj) | highly absorbent |
| obdurate (adj) | persistent in wrongdoing |
