| A | B |
|---|
| compulsory--adjective | required |
| biased--adjective | leaning towards one opinion over another for personal reasons; slanted or distorted |
| radical--adjective | favoring extreme change |
| persistent--adjective | refusing to give up; stubborn |
| inept--adjective | incompetent; not up to the task; bumbling |
| surrogate--noun | a substitute or stand in |
| credentials--noun | items or documents providing one's identity or qualifications |
| disdain--noun | scorn; contempt; attitude that something is unworthy or not good enough |
| deluge--noun | a floodlike rush of anything |
| immune--adjective | protected against something harmful |
| ostentatious--adjective | showy, splashy, overly grand |
| faux pas-noun | breaking of a social rule without necessarily meaning to |
