| A | B |
| Acme | summit,top, peak, pinnacle. |
| Attribute | trait, ascribe. |
| Belittle | Minimize, underrate, disparage |
| Convey | carry, send, impart |
| doctrine | a belife, principle, or teaching a system or such beliefs or principles; a formulation of such beliefs or principles |
| Excise | cut out, delete, expunge |
| Exotic | strange, alien, pictureque, colorful |
| haggar | drawn, gaunt, wasted. |
| jaunty | unconcered, light hearted. |
| juncture | union, seam,joint, turning point. |
| menial | underling, scullion, servant |
| Parry | to ward off, fend off, defelct, evade, avoid. |
| Predatory | Looting, pillaging, ravenous, rapacious |
| ravage | wreck, devastate |
| Stance | posture, bearing. |
| Tawdry | loud, garish, gaudy, tacky, vulgar. |
| Turncoat | traitor, qusling, deserter, renegade. |
| unassuming | not putting on airs, unpretenious, modest |
| Wallow | delight in, bask in. |
| waver | hasitate, falter. |
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