| A | B |
| idiosyncrasy | a peculiarity of habit |
| anachronistic | chronologically out of place |
| dogmatic | excessively positive in manner |
| stigmatize | regard with opprobrium |
| lionize | to treat or regard as a celebrity |
| caprice | an impulsive change of mind |
| aesthetics | a branch of philosophy dealing with beauty |
| demur | take exception |
| schism | formal division or separation |
| didactic | fitted or intended to teach |
| sartorial | relating to dress or to tailored clothes |
| panache | dash or flamboyance in style |
| quixotic | idealistic and impractical |
| attenuate | dash or flamboyance in style |
| innocuous | producing no ill effect |
| disparate | distinct in quality or character |
| trite | used or occurring so often as to have lost interest |
| meticulous | marked by painstaking care |
| pragmatism | practical treatment of things |
| arbitrary | depending on discretion |