| A | B |
|---|
| bellicose | warlike, pugnacious |
| Circumlocution | roundabout expression, use of unnecessary words |
| Evanescent | Vanishing like vapor |
| Facetious | playfully jocular |
| Fiduciary | of or relating to trust |
| Gerrymander | To divide voting districts to favor one party |
| Incognito | With a concealed identity |
| Incontrovertible | impossible to dispute |
| Jejune | Not interesting, dull |
| Kowtow | to kneel or bow in worship |
| ante bellum | belonging to period before the war |
| deciduous | falling off or shedding |
| enfranchise | to endow with rights |
| filibuster | Delaying or obstructionist tactics, especially in lawmaking |
| gauche | laking social polish, tactless |
| hegemony | the predominant influence over others |
| hubris | excessive pride |
| hypotenuse | the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle |
| infrastructure | Basic services |
| belie | misrepresent or contradict |
