| A | B |
|---|
| amnesty | general pardon for offense against gov't |
| autonomy | self-government; home rule |
| axiomatic | self-evident; taken for granted |
| blazon | embellish; broadcast |
| caveat | warning; admonition |
| equitable | fair; just; reasonable |
| extricate | to disengage/distentangle |
| filch | to steal, pilfer, purloin |
| flout | mock; scoff at |
| fractious | unruly; quarrelsome; peevish |
| precept | rule; principle; maxim |
| salutary | beneficial; curative; wholesome |
| scathing | bitterly severe; searing; harsh |
| scourge | to whip/punish severely; cause of suffering |
| sepulchral | doleful; funereal |
| soporific | narcotic; tending to cause sleep |
| straitlaced | extremely strict; prudish; stuffy |
| transient | fleeting; impermanent |
| unwieldy | not easily carried/handled; cumbersome |
| vapid | dull; uninteresting; lifeless |
