| A | B |
|---|
| affront | a deliberate insult or offense |
| antiquity | the quality of great age |
| cleave | to split with force |
| consecrate | to devote or dedicate to a cause |
| contempories | people living at the same time period |
| despotic | to rule with complete power |
| detractor | things that take a way value or beauty |
| disseminate | to spread widely |
| dogma | a belief held to be true |
| embody | to incorporate; make part of the system |
| encumber | to slow the action of |
| facet | one of many sides of something |
| impervious | not affected or disturbed by |
| impoverish | to take away |
| incapacitate | to make helpless |
| ingenuious | clever or imaginative |
| magnanimity | able to bear meaness calmly |
| orator | a public speaker |
| paraphernalia | equipment associated with an activity |
| plumb | to reach the deepest part of |
| practicable | useable |
| remunerated | paid or rewarded |
| repose | to give power to someone |
| rudimentary | elementary |
| speculating | engaging in risky business deals |
| traumatic | emotionally shocking |
| venerate | to show great respect for |
