| A | B |
|---|
| aplomb | a handling of something with confidence and composure; self-assurance |
| automaton | a creature acting in a mechanical way with no indication of intelligence |
| berate | to engage in intense and long scolding or condemnation |
| cascade | a steep waterfall or series of waterfalls, a continuous series |
| celerity | quickness (usually in accomplishing a task) |
| circuitous | indirect, roundabout |
| delimits | fixes or defines the limit or boundary of something |
| discriminating | drawing fine distinctions, picky |
| dormer | a gabled extension of an attic room; window in such an extension |
| execrable | extremely bad, deserving of hate |
| forswear | to renounce and to repudiate |
| grotto | cave |
| limpid | clear, transparent |
| meritorious | deserving of honor or praise |
| pathogenic | disease-producing |
| plumage | feathers of a bird |
| progenitor | related ancestor; forefather |
| regimen | the regular process, procedure, or system of doing something |
| rotund | very plump, round |
| ruffianism | rowdy or tough behavior |
| shepherd | to guide, to guard, or to tend to |
| stratum | a horizontal layer |
| tensile | capable of being stretched |
| unwitting | not intentional, without knowledge |
| vogue | popular fashion |
