| A | B |
|---|
| idiosyncrasy | a structural or behavioral characteristic peculiar to an individual |
| infinitesimal | immeasurably or incalculably small |
| turbid | muddy, heavy, dense |
| sinecure | a position or office that requires little or no work but provides a salary |
| salient | protruding; strikingly conspicuous; prominent |
| impinge | to encroach upon; to collide or strike |
| galvanize | to arouse to awareness or action; spur |
| insinuate | to introduce gradually or insidiously; suggest |
| reticent | inclined to keep one's thoughts, feelings and personal affairs to oneself |
| sententious | terse and energetic in expression; pithy |
| vagaries | extravagant or erratic notions or actions |
| multifarious | having great variety; diverse |
| cacophony | jarring, discordant sound; dissonance |
| presage | to indicate or warn or in advance; to foretell |
| austerity | the quality of being stern or severe in disposition or appearance |
| rejoinder | an answer, especially to a reply |
