| A | B |
|---|
| abjure | to renounce under oath; foreswear |
| articulate | to pronounce distinctly; enumerate |
| asseverate | to declare seriously or positively; affirm |
| deference | submission or courteous yeilding to the opinion or wishes of another |
| expiatory | having the power to atone for or being offered as propitiation |
| festal | of or relating to a feast; festive. |
| imperturbable | unshakably calm and collected |
| impugning | attacking as false or questionable; challenge in an argument |
| incredulity | disbelief; doubt about the truth of something |
| inexorably | not capable of being persuaded by entreaty; relentlessly |
| interlocutors | people who take part in a conversation officially |
| inveterately | habitually |
| perturbation | the state of being agitated |
| poignancy | state of deeply felt distress or sorrow |
| portentous | full of unspecifiable significance; exciting wonder and awe |
| precocity | exceptionally early development or maturity |
| recapitulate | to repeat in a concise form; summarize |
| sinecure | position that requires little work but provides a salary |
| suffused | spread through with liquid, color or light |
| vociferously | to create a noisy or vehement outcry |
