| A | B |
|---|
| adroit | clever at dealing with difficult situations; adept; skillful |
| affront | to insult or to offend deliberately; a deliberate insult or offensive act |
| avocation | an activity pursued for pleasure; a hobby |
| crusade | a prolonged, impassioned struggle for what is believed to be a just cause; to engage in such a struggle |
| definitive | supplying a final answer; conclusive |
| demeanor | behavior; bearing |
| erudite | having or demonstrating extensive knowledge; learned |
| induct | to install in office, sometimes with a formal ceremony; to admit to a society or to a military service |
| lapse | to fall or slip from a certain level of conduct or accomplishment; to come to an end; to expire; a minor mistake; a slip; a pause or interval |
| militant | ready to fight, especially for a cause; one who is ready to fight for a cause |
| pariah | a social outcast |
| prodigy | a person who shows remarkable talent at an early age; an amazing or extraordinary thing or event |
| protege | one whose training or career is helped along by another |
| raucous | rough and unpleasant to the ear; boisterous and disorderly |
| tacit | expressed without words; implied |
