| A | B |
|---|
| picayunish | petty, carping or prejudiced |
| atomize | to reduce in size or numbers |
| vitiligo | a skin disorder characterized by smooth, white patches on various parts of the body, caused by the loss of the natural pigment |
| obsequiousness | characterized by or showing servile complaissance or deference; fawning |
| connivance | the act of conniving |
| anodyne | a medicine that relieves or allays pain |
| petulance | the state or quality of being petulant |
| squalor | the condition of being squalid; filth and misery |
| felicity | the state of being happy, esp. in a high degree; bliss |
| insolence | contemptuously rude or impertinent behavior or speech |
| dictum | an authoritative pronouncement; judicial assertion |
| solicitude | the state of being solicitous; anxiety or concern |
| ostentatiously | characterized by or given to pretentious or conspicuous show in an attempt to impress others |
| derision | ridicule; mockery |
| chafing | to irritate; annoy |
| prurience | having, inclined to have, or characterized by lascivious or lustful thoughts, desires, etc. |
| florid | reddish; ruddy; rosy |
| mongrelization | to mix the kinds, classes, types, characters, or sources of origin of |
| abjection | the condition of being servile, wretched, or contemptible |
| morass | a tract of low, soft, wet ground |
| paternalism | the system, principle, or practice of managing or governing individuals, businesses, nations, etc., in the manner of a father dealing benevolently and often intrusively with his children |
| effigy | a representation or image, esp. sculptured, as on a monument |
