| A | B |
|---|
| bombast | impressive but meaningless language |
| orthography | correct spelling |
| paleontology | a science dealing with prehistoric life through the study of fossils |
| recoil | to retreat; to draw back |
| panache | self-confidence; a showy manner |
| saturnine | gloomy; sluggish |
| endemic | confined to a particular country or area |
| mendacious | lying; false; deceitful |
| obviate | to prevent; to get around |
| aggrandize | to enlarge; to expand |
| paroxysm | a sudden outburst; a fit |
| deign | to lower oneself before an inferior |
| flaunt | to show off |
| shibboleth | a word or pronunciation that distinguishes someone as a particular group |
| elicit | to draw forth; to call forth |
| antonym for: saturine | genial |
| antonym for: endemic | foreign |
| antonym for: mendacious | truthful |
| antonym for: aggrandize | decrease; diminish |
| antonym for: flaunt | conceal |
| antonym for: elicit | cover; suppress |
