| A | B |
|---|
| MAUDLIN | (adj)overly or tearfully sentimental |
| PEJORATIVE | (adj)expressing criticism or disapproval |
| EXPURGATE | (v)to remove words or passages considered offensive or unsuitable from a book before publication |
| CATHARSIS | (n) an experience or feeling of spiritual release and purification brought about by an intense emotional experience |
| BOON | (n) a gift or favor |
| DEBACLE | (n) a sudden disaster |
| AUSTERE | (adj) plain and simple |
| INNOCUOUS | (adj) harmless in effect |
| MYOPIC | (adj) showing a lack of foresight or long-term planning |
| PRAGMATIC | (adj) relating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic |
| INSIDIOUS | (adj) slowly and subtly harmful or destructive |
| PROGENITOR | (n) a direct ancestor of somebody or something |
| FUTILE | (adj) in vain; having no practical effect or useful result |
| GERMANE | (adj) suitably related to something |
| MUNDANE | (adj) commonplace |
| STRATIFY | (v) to layer or separate into layers/groups |
| SANGUINE | (adj) cheerfully optimistic |
| HUBRIS | (n) excessive pride or self-confidence |
| FUT | disprove |
| SANGUI | blood; red |
| NOC | hurt or harm |
| GEN | birth; race; class; kind |
