| A | B |
|---|
| Bellicose | warlike in manner or temperament; quarrelsome |
| Droll | amusingly odd |
| Laud | to praise |
| Mandatory | required |
| Rescind | to repeal |
| Grotesque | unnatural distorted; bizarre |
| Ambidextrous | able to use both hands equally well; very skillful |
| Negligible | so unimportant that it can be disregarded |
| Altruistic | unselfish |
| Reprehensible | deserving blame or punishment |
| Apprehensive | fearful or anxious especially about the future |
| Deride | to ridicule to laugh at with contempt |
| Allure | to entice tempt; to be attractive to a strong attraction the power to attract charm |
| Zealous | eager earnest devoted |
| Chivalrous | marked by honor courtesy and courage; knightly |
| Reiterate | to say again to repeat |
| warily | cautiously with great care |
| pliable | easily bent flexible; easily influenced |
