| A | B |
|---|
| aesthetic | concerning art or beauty |
| benign | (adj.)harmless; kindly |
| defunct | (adj.) no longer in existence |
| etymology | the study of word origins |
| gritty | (adj.) coarse; granular |
| jingoistic | (adj.) extremely partriotic; nationalistic |
| odious | hateful |
| posterity | future generations |
| rife | common |
| torpor | (n.) dormancy; sluggishness; inactivity |
| affable | (adj.) friendly; social; easygoing |
| bureaucracy | (n.) officialdom |
| degradation | (n.) deprivation; poverty; debasement |
| eulogy | (n.) praise |
| hypochondriac | a person obsessed with health; having imaginary illnesses |
| officious | domineering; intrusive; meddlesome |
| posthumous | (adj.) after death |
| rigor | thoroughness |
| totter | (v.) to walk unsteadily |
| legion | (n.) in large numbers |
