| A | B |
|---|
| Cacophony | harsh or jarring sound |
| Confrere | Comrade; colleague |
| Convoke | to summon or call together for a meeting |
| Filial | Of, relating to, or befitting a son or daughter |
| Fractious | Tending to be troublesome; irritable |
| Fulminate | To express with denunciation, often in an explosive pain |
| Jocular | Given to or characterized by joking; playful; jolly |
| Nugatory | Having no force or effect |
| Obloquy | An utterance of denunciation; the condition of one who is held in contempt for a shameful action |
| Palpable | Easy to touch or feel |
| Parity | Equality of rank or value |
| Peruse | to read through something, either casually or closely |
| Polemic | an argument to refute a position or opinion |
| Supplicate | to ask for humbly; to plead or beg |
| Temporize | to act evasively in order to achieve a compromise or to gain time |
