| A | B |
|---|
| substantiated | supported with proof or evidence; verified |
| plausible | seemingly valid or acceptable; credible |
| penitent | expressing remorse for one's misdeeds |
| objectivity | treating facts without influence from personal feelings or prejudices |
| jurisprudence | the phhilosophy or science of law |
| vindicated | freed from blame |
| condescending | treating people as weak or inferior |
| contemptuous | feeling hatred; scornful |
| despotic | exercising absolute power; tyrannical |
| dictatorial | domineering; oppressively overbearing |
| disdain | (n.) contempt; scorn (v.) to regard or treat with contempt; to look down on |
| haughty | arrogant; vainly proud |
| imperious | arrogantly domineering or overbearing |
| patronizing | treating in a condescending manner |
| convoluted | intricate; complex |
| cryptic | difficult to comprehend |
| futile | having no useful purpose; pointless |
| impede | to slow the progress of |
| obscure | ( adj.) relatively unknown (v.) to conceal or make indistinct |
| quandary | a state of uncertainty or perplexity |
