| A | B |
| flout | to mock, treat with contempt |
| caveat | a warning or caution to prevent misunderstanding or discourage a behavior |
| blazon | to adorn or embellish, to display, publish, proclaim widely |
| filch | to steal, especially in a sneaky way and in petty amounts |
| fractious | tending to be troublesome; unruly, quarrelsome |
| equitable | fair, just embodying principles of justice |
| autonomy | self-government, political control |
| addendum | addition or supplement designed to increase correctness, completeness, or currency |
| amnesty | general pardon for an offense against a government, ; or any act of forgiveness |
| axiomatic | self-evident, expressing a universally accepted principle or rule |
| extricate | to free from entanglements or difficulties, remove with effort |
| soporific | tending to cause sleep, relating to sleepiness or lethargy, something that induces sleep |
| scathing | bitterly, severe, causing great harm |
| unwieldy | not easily carried, handled, or managed because of size or complexity |
| vapid | dull, uninteresting, tiresome, lacking in sharpness, flavor |
| prognosticate | to predict, especially on the basis of present indications and signs |
| selpulchral | funeral, typical of the tomb, extremely gloomy or dismal |
| salutary | beneficial, helpful, healthy, wholesome |
| straitlaced | extremely strict in regard to moral standards and conduct, prudosh, puritanical |
| scourge | to whip, punish severely, a cause of affliction or suffering |
| precept | a rule of conduct or action |
| transient | lasting only a short time, fleeting, one who stays only a short time |