| A | B |
|---|
| acclamation | a shout of welcome; approval |
| bucolic | rural, like a countryside; pastoral, shepherdlike |
| calumniate | to slander; accuse falsely |
| chary | extremely cautious |
| collusion | secret agreement or cooperation |
| dilettante | superficial; one who is an amateur |
| imperturbable | not easily excited; emotionally steady |
| increment | an enlargement, increase, addition |
| mandate | an authoritative command; to issue a command |
| paltry | trifling;despicable, inferior, trashy |
| paroxysm | a sudden outburst; a spasm |
| pedantry | a pretentious display of knowledge; rigid attention to details |
| peregrination | the act of traveling; an excursion |
| redolent | fragrant; tending to arouse memories |
| refulgent | shining, radiant |
| shibboleth | word, expression that distinguishes a particular group of persons; a saying or truism |
| tyro | a beginner or novice |
| unremitting | not stopping; maintained steadily |
| vacillate | to swing indecisively; to waver in mind or will |
| vituperaive | harshly abusive; severly scolding |
