| A | B |
|---|
| blockade | to prevent the progress of something |
| query | a question or to question |
| gallantry | courteous towards women |
| imminent | close in time, about to occur |
| culprit | someone who is guilty of an offense |
| deportment | the manner in which a person behaves |
| descendant | someone related to an ancestor |
| churlish | someone with bad manners; rude |
| paramount | having superior power |
| foregone | happened earlier in time |
| amicable | friendly, good-natured |
| bountiful | in plentiful supply, having a lot of |
| benevolent | giving, charitable |
| congenial | pleasant and agreeable |
| lineage | ancestry, roots, inherited |
| tract | an extended area of land |
| insular | relating to or originating in an island |
| confiscate | to take something as legal penalty; to take |
| maternal | motherly |
| contingent | dependent on what may happen |
| adapt | to change to meet the requirements |
| authoritarian | someone who is strict |
| copious | large in number |
| delineate | to describe in detail |
| desist | to stop doing something |
| engulf | to swallow or overwhelm |
| nullify | to make invalid, to cancel |
| liberal | tolerant of different views |
| petty | small and of little importance |
| trivial | having little value; petty |
