| A | B |
|---|
| belittle | to speak of someone or something as small or umimportant; to speak of negatively |
| blase | uninterested or unimpressed because of frequent exposure or excess |
| concoct | to devise cleverly; to invent |
| decade | ten years |
| diverse | differing from each other, many and distinctly unalike |
| enunciate | to speak articulately; to express clearly |
| hurtle | to move with great speed and force |
| hurtle | to throw forcefully; to hurl |
| improvise | to do or make with no preparations; to fashion using onluy immediately available materials |
| jostle | to bump, push or shove |
| libel | the act of printing a false statement that harms someone's reputation |
| libel | to defame someone buy publishing false statements |
| mammoth | huge |
| mammoth | a large, hairy, extinct elephant |
| paradox | a statement or situation that is true but seems impossible or self- contradictory |
| provincial | rural; pertaining to the customes of non-city dwellers |
| provincial | narrow minded; unsophistocated |
| realm | a domain, a field, a territory |
| undermine | to weaken by wearing away the foundation or support |
