| A | B |
|---|
| extradite | to give up (an alleged fugitive or criminal) to another state, nation, or authority. |
| pariah | social outcast |
| infidel | unbeliever; one who does not believe in religion |
| patriarch | father and ruler of family; respected elderly man |
| indeterminate | not precisely fixed; unclear; vague; indefinite |
| contemptuously | scornfully; arrogantly |
| vested | given authority or power; protected by law |
| precepts | rules for conduct or behavior |
| dogma | a specific tenet or doctrine authoritatively laid down, as by a church |
| connotations | implied meaning |
| agnostic | one who believes that it is impossible to know whether there is a God |
| heretic | one who challenges popular beliefs, especially relating to those of a church |
| incredulity | inability to believe; skepticism |
| petulant | given to small fits of temper |
| venireman | a juror; one serving on a jury |
| superfluous | extra; unnecessary |
| piously | devoutly; religiously |
| levity | inclination to make a joke of serious matters |
| preposterous | utterly absurd; foolish |
| evolutionist | one who believes in the evolving development of species from another form |
