| A | B |
| Absolve | To clear guilt, or to free from a promise or a responsibility |
| Adumbrate | To foreshadow in an indirect way; to outline in a sketchy way |
| Apothegm | A short, instructive saying |
| Aspersion | A defamatory expression/slander |
| Coadjutor | One who works with another; an assistant |
| Congenital | Existing at or dating from birth; being an essential characteristic |
| Elan | A lively spirit with a dstinctive style |
| Germane | Pertinent and fitting |
| Hiatus | An interruption or gap in space, continuity, or time |
| Immure | To confine within or as if within walls; to imprison |
| Ineluctable | Not to confine within or as if within walls; to imprison |
| Internecine | Marked by slaughter; mutually destructive; conflict within a group |
| Invoke | To appeal to earnestly |
| Prototype | A person or thing that serves as an example of its kind; an original |
| Quadrennial | Occurring every four years. |