| A | B |
|---|
| accolade | (n) praise or approval; a ceremonial embrace or greeting |
| acerbity | (n) sourness or bitterness of taste; harshness or severity of manner or expression |
| attrition | (n) the process of wearing down by friction or gradual impairment |
| bromide | (n) a trite or commonplace remark; a tiresome or boring person; a sedative |
| chauvinist | (adj) extremely patriotic, blindly devoted to a cause (n) such a person |
| chronic | (adj) continuing over a long period of time or recurring often |
| expound | (v) to explain in detail |
| factionalism | (n) party strife and intrigue |
| immaculate | (adj) spotless; without blemish or fault |
| imprecation | (n) a curse; the act of cursing |
| ineluctable | (adj) not able to be avoided, changed, or overcome |
| mercurial | (adj) characterized by rapid and unpredictable changes of mood; fickle and inconstant |
| palliate | (v) to make less serious or severe by glossing over; to relieve without actually curing, mitigate |
| protocol | (n) customs and regulations dealing with official behavior and etiquette, as in a court or among diplomats; a type of international agreement; a memorandum, official account, or record |
| resplendent | (adj) shining or gleaming brilliantly; splended or magnificent |
| stigmatize | (v) to brand or mark as in some way discreditale, disgraceful, or ignominious |
| sub rosa | (adv) in secret; confidentially; privately (adj) secretive |
| vainglory | (n) excessive pride in and boastfulnss about one's own accomplishments or qualities; a vain show or displain |
| vestige | (n) a trace of visible evidence of something that once existed but now is lost or vanquished |
| volition | (n) the power to choose, will or decide; the act of choosing, willing or deciding |
