| A | B |
|---|
| Abrogate | to abolish, to do away with |
| Adamant | inflexible, immovable, obstinate |
| barbarism | the incorrect usage of words or forms of language |
| colloquial | informal (speech) |
| compatriot | a fellow countryman |
| defuse | to remove or to lessen danger or hostility |
| effrontery | extreme boldness, audacity |
| egregious | very bad, shocking, conspicuously bad |
| gambol | to playfully skip or leap |
| hemophilia | a hereditary disease where blood does not coagulate to stop bleeding |
| immunity | tee resistance (usually to a disease) |
| impale | to pierce, to fix on a pointed instrument |
| knotty | so complicated that it can probably not be solved; full of knots |
| libertarian | one who favors absolute liberty and free will |
| mired | stuck or entangled |
| noxious | harmful, unwholesome |
| palatable | agreeable to the taste, acceptable |
| palliate | to ease pain, guilt or intensity |
| pallor | extreme paleness usually relating to the face |
| pernicious | very destructive or harmful, deadly |
| skulk | to move in a sneaky, furtive, or stealthy manner |
| tarry | to delay in coming or going, to linger |
| tawdry | cheap and gaudy in appearance |
| temerity | boldness that is foolhardy |
| utopian | having the characteristics of an ideally perfect place |
