| A | B |
| incongruous | strange, unexpected, or unsuitable in a particular situation |
| alliance | an arrangement in which two or more countries, groups etc agree to work together to try to change or achieve something |
| anecdotal | consisting of short stories based on someone's personal experience |
| spectrum | a complete range of opinions, people, situations etc, going from one extreme to its opposit |
| homogenization | the act of making a diverse group uniform |
| propensity | a natural tendency to behave in a particular way |
| pernicious | very harmful or evil, often in a way that you do not notice easily |
| ecovillage | a human-scale, full-featured settlement in which human activities are harmlessly integrated into the natural world in a way that is supportive of healthy human development and can be successfully continued into the indefinite future |