| A | B |
|---|
| acumen | keen insight; mental acuteness |
| amnesty | official pardon for past offenses |
| anthology | a collection of literary pieces |
| collusion | secret agreement to defraud another |
| deficit | a shortage; a debt |
| derision | scorn; ridicule |
| effrontery | bold discourtesy |
| gentility | good manners; refinement |
| harangue | a noisy speech |
| impropriety | the quality of being improper |
| itinerary | a plan of travel |
| lassitude | a feeling weakness or weariness |
| metamorphosis | a change of form |
| milieu | environment or surroundings |
| nonentity | one who doesn't exist; a nobody |
| nuance | a shade of expression; feeling |
| paradox | an apparent contradiction |
| penchant | a strong liking; an inclination |
| perfidy | treachery; being false |
| prognosis | an estimate of what will happen |
| protagonist | the main character |
| repugnance | a deep-seated distaste; a loathing |
| savant | a person of learning; a scholar |
| surfeit | an excessive amount |
| umbrage | a feeling of resentment or anger |
