| A | B |
|---|
| ensconced | settled comfortably, snugly, or securely |
| benevolent | doing or inclined to do good; kindly; charitable |
| cynical | believing that people are motivated only by selfishness; sarcastic |
| laborious | involving or calling for much work; difficult |
| tyranny | very cruel and unjust use of power or authority |
| dissentients | those who disagree, especially with the majority opinion |
| preeminent | superior to others, especially in a particular quality |
| vivacious | lively |
| gambolled | jumped and skipped about in play; frolicked |
| obstinate | stubborn |
| cryptic | having a hidden, puzzling, or ambiguous meaning; mysterious |
| indefatigable | that which cannot be tired out |
| maxim | a concisely expressed principle or rule of conduct; a statement of general truth |
| propulsion | a pushing, driving, or impelling onward or forward; a driving force |
| tractable | easily managed or controlled, docile |
| irrepressible | that which cannot be controlled or restrained |
| ignominious | shameful; dishonorable; disgraceful |
| posthumously | occurring or continuing after one's death |
| pretext | a false reaction or motive put forth to hide the real one; excuse |
| canvassing | soliciting or requesting |
| sordid | not noble in character or quality |
| arable | suitable for plowing, hence for producing crops |
| intermediary | one who acts as a go-between |
| perpendicularity | uprightness; the state of being straight up and down |
| malignity | persistent intense ill will or desire to harm others; great malice |
| capitulated | without qualifications or conditions; absolutely; positively |
| categorically | without qualifications or conditions; absolutely; positively |
| retribution | punishment for wrongdoing |
| impending | about to happen |
| machinations | artful or secret plots or schemes; especially those by one with evil intent |
| machinations | artful or secret plots or schemes; especially those by one with evil intent |
| censured | Condemned as wrong; strongly disapproved, especially officially disapproved |
| conciliatory | tending to soothe anger or make friendly |
| superannuated | too old or worn out for further work, service, etc.; obsolete |
| incumbent | resting on, as a duty or obligation |
| licence | British spelling of license; excessive, undisciplined freedom, constituting an abuse of liberty |
