| A | B |
|---|
| persevere | v. to keep at it |
| contemptuous | adj scornful, showing disdain |
| diminutive | adj. small |
| amiable | adj. friendly |
| unfathomable | adj. not able to be understood |
| quibbling | v. using irrelevant or ambiguous language to evade a main issue |
| abberations | n changes from usual behavior |
| procured | v. to obtain or get |
| plaited | v/adj. braided |
| caricature | n. a picture lidicrously exaggerating the peculiarities and defects of persons or things. editorial cartoon portraits |
| perplexity | n. confusion |
| provocation | n. something that angers, calls forth a response |
| deportment | n. behvior |
| obstreperous | adj. resisting control in a noisy manner |
| rudiments | n. basics |
| mausoleum | n. a large and imposing tomb |
| auspicious | adj. favorable, of good omen |
| evasion | n. to escape by trickery or cleverness |
| pestilence | n. a deadly epidemic |
| edification | n. betterment |
