| A | B |
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| accord | to grant ; to be in harmony, to agree |
| concord | a state of agreement; harmony; a formal agreement |
| cordial | warm,friendly, gracious;sometig that warms and revives, especially a liqueur |
| discordant | Being at odds, conflicting, not in harmony |
| culpable | deserving to be condemned or blamed |
| exculpate | to clear from accusations of fault or guilt |
| inculpate | to accuse or incriminate; to show evidence of someone's involvement in a fault or crime |
| edict | an official announcement that has the force of a law; an order or command |
| diction | choice of words, especially with regard to correctness, clearness, or effectiveness ; clarity of speech |
| jurisdiction | the power or right to control or exercise authority; the territory where power may be exercised |
| dictum | a formal and authoritative statment |
| cognitive | having to do with the process of knowing, including awareness, judgment, and understanding; basd on factual knowledge that has been or can be gained by experience |
| agnostic | a person who believes that whether God exists is not known and probably cannot be known |
| incognito | in disguise or with one's identity concealed |
| prognosis | the chance of recovery from from a given disease or condition; forecast or prophecy |
| calligraphy | the art of producing beautiful handwriting |
| hagiography | biography of saints; biography that idolizes or idealizes |
| choreography | the art of composing and arranging dances and of representing them in symbolic notation ; the movements of dacners in a performance |
| lithograph | a picture made by printing froma flat surface prepaed so that the ink will only stick to the design that will be printed |
| artful | skillful, wiley, crafty, sly |
| artifact | an unusually simple object, such as a tool or ornament, made by human workmanship or modification |
| artifice | clever skill, a clever trick |
| artisan | askilled worker or craftsperson |
| fortify | to strengthen |
| fortification | the building of military defenses to protect a place against attack; a structure built to protect a place |
| forte | something that a person does particularly well; one's strong point |
| fortitude | mental strength that allows one to face danger, pain, or hardship with courage |
| concise | brrrief and condensed, especially in expression or statement |
| excise | To cut out, especially surgically |
| incisive | impressively direct and decisive |
| precision | exactness of definition or statement; accuracy of performance or measurement |
| apiary | place where bees are kept for their honey |
| caper | a playful leap; a prank or mischievous adventure |
| equestrian | having to do with horseback riding |
| lupine | like a wolf, wolfish |
| ovine | of, relating to, or resembling sheep |
| ornithologist | a person who studies birds |
| serpentine | like a snake or a serpent in shape or movement; winding |
| simian | having todo with monkeys or apes; monkeylike |
| mea culpa | an admission of personal fault or error |
