| A | B |
|---|
| agrarian | having to do with farming or agriculture |
| burgeon | to grow and expand rapidly; to flourish |
| cataclysm | a sudden and violent change; a catastrophe |
| culinary | having to do with cooking |
| denigrate | to attack the reputation of; to criticize in a derogatory manner |
| gourmet | a person who likes fine food and is a good judge of its quality |
| grandiloquent | using lofty or pompous speech or expression |
| hybrid | the offspring of two animals or plants of different species or varities; anything that is of mixed origin or composition |
| manifold | having many different kinds, forms, or parts |
| palatable | acceptable or pleasing, especially to the sense of taste |
| panacea | something that is supposed to cure all ills or difficulties; a cure-all |
| plebian | of or pertaining to the common people; common; unrefined |
| scourge | something that causes great pain and suffering; a social evil; to punish severely, especially by whipping; to devastate |
| stalemate | a halt in a struggle because both sides are equally strong and neither side will give in; a deadlock |
| temperate | mild, moderate; restrained |
