| A | B |
|---|
| condescendingly | speaking in a manner which suggests that the person being spoken to is inferior to the speaker |
| arbitrary | not important |
| fatuity | smug stupidity |
| zoology | the study of animals |
| infringement | a violation |
| geology | the study of the earth |
| archaeology | the study of past artifacts |
| anthropologist | one who studies all aspects of early mankind |
| incontrovertible | indisputible |
| unorthodox | not traditional |
| benign | harmless |
| pagan | one who is not Christian |
| hypotheses | assumptions |
| perdition | complete ruin, damnation |
| doggedly | stubbornly, determined |
| sanctity | a place of peace, saintliness |
| fable | a moral ending |
| unassailable | not open to attack, unquestionable |
| audacity | courageous |
| precedent | that which can be used as an authority for future action |
| brandishing | waving around |
| enunciator | one who articulates/speaks distinctly |
| ponderously | unwieldy |
| eloquence | expressive speech |
| titanic | collosal, grand, large, huge |
| deference | curteous for another's feelings |
| stridently | loud/harsh, grating, shrill |
| paradoxically | a statement that looks false but actually is correct |
| insinuate | to imply |
| rotogravures | holes, indents |
| lamentations | the act of expressing grief, mourning |
