| A | B |
| martial | military; suggesting war; warlike |
| cliche | an overused idea or expression; a trite saying |
| prolific | producing a great deal of something; producing many young or much fruit |
| wan | sickly pale or faint; colorless |
| aesthetic | artistic; having to do with art or beauty; sensitive to art and beuaty |
| charisma | a special quality of leadership or a special charm that captures the public imagination and inspires devotion |
| recipient | person who receives something |
| emphatically | forcefully,; assertively |
| paradox | a statement that may be true but that seems to say contradictory things |
| conceived | to imagine or develop as an idea; to understand or grasp; to become pregnant with |
| aura | a distinctive quality surrounding a person or thing; an invisible, enveloping glow |
| qualms | an uneasiness, misgiving or doubt; a slight feeling of sickness or nausea |
| zealous | intensely devoted; eager, enthusiastic |
| impediments | a speech disorder; an obstruction of some kind |
| zephyr | a gentile wind; a mild breeze |
| mediocre | only average or ordinary medium; neither bad nor good |
| reactionary | advocating a return to an earlier social, political, or economic policy or condition; on who advocates a return to an earlier policy or condition |
| fabricated | to build or manufacture, to make up or invent |
| stamina | vigor; strength; endurance |
| opportune | right for the purpose; advantageously timid |