| A | B |
|---|
| ambiguous | subject to more than one interpretation; indefinite. |
| atonement | amends for wrong-doing; expiation. |
| bicameral | composed of two houses, chambers or branches. |
| Decalogue | the Ten Commandments |
| decimate | to destroy a great number or proportion of. |
| dichotomy | division into two usually contradictory parts or opinions. |
| double-think | the belief in two contradictory ideas at the same time. |
| millenium | a span of a thousand years; |
| nihilism | total rejection of established laws and institutions; total destructiveness toward the world and oneself. |
| penultimate | next to the last |
| primeval | original; belonging to the first or earliest ages. |
| protocol | forms of ceremony and etiquette observed by diplomats and heads of states; the first copy of a teaty or document |
| quatrain | a stanza or poem of four lines, usually with alternate rhymes. |
| quintessence | the most perfect embodiment of something; the purest or most typical instance. |
| untrammeled | unhampered; unrestrained. |
