| A | B |
|---|
| deprecating | tending to diminish or disparage |
| self-abasement | humiliation of oneself |
| avowal | an open statement of affirmation, acknowledgement or admission |
| crinoline | a petticoat of haircloth of other stiff material, worn under a full skirt to keep it belled out |
| avail | to be of use or value to, or to be of use, have force or efficacy |
| magnanimity | the quality of being magnanimous=generous in forgiving an insult or injurt |
| beguile | to influence by trickery, flattery, etc |
| dyspeptic | pertaining to, subject to, or suffering from dyspepsia, or gloomy, pessimistic, or irritable |
| discursive | passing aimlessly from one subject to another; digressive; rambling |
| genial | warmly and pleasatly cheerful; cordial |
| forbearance | the act of forbearing; a refraining from something |
| viz(videlicet) | that is namely, used to introduce examples |
| requite | to make repayment or return for |
| ornithological | of or related to the branch of zoology that deals with birds |
| irrepressible | incapable of being repressed or restrained; uncontrollable |
| jeremiad | a literary work or speech expressing a bitter lament or a righteous prophecy of doom |
| prattle | to talk in a foolish or simple-minded way;chatter;babble |
| sanguine | cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, confident |
| secular | of or pertaining to worldy things or to things that are not regarded as religious |
| parochial | of or pertaining to a parich or parishes; very limitied or narrow in scope or outlook(provincial) |
