| A | B |
| chide | to blame; scold |
| diminuitive | small, smaller than most others of the same type |
| erroneous | incorrect, containing mistakes |
| extemporaneous | made or delivered on the spur of the moment |
| render | cause to become; to perform;to deliver officialy; to process, extract |
| comport | to conudct or bear oneself, behave; to be in agreement |
| demure | sober or serious in manner, modest |
| divulge | to tell, reveal |
| forestall | to prevent by acting first |
| garble | to distorrt in such a way as to make unitelligible |
| proponent | one who puts forward a proposal; one who supports a cause or belief |
| statute | a law |
| blanch | to remove color from; to make or turn pale; to parboil |
| blasphemy | an act, utterence, or writing showing contempt for something sacred |
| irreverent | disrespectful |
| lithe | bending easily, limber |
| subversive | inteneded to undermine or overthrow |
| temperate | mild, moderate |
| synthetic | put togther by people, something artificial |
| wily | sly, shrewd, cunning |