| A | B |
|---|
| ascetic | practicing strict self-denial as a measure of personal & spiritual discipline |
| bucolic | relating to or typical of rural life |
| cataclysmic | pertaining to a momentous, violent event marked by overwhelming upheaval |
| cynosure | a center of attraction, interest, or attention |
| didactic | meant to instruct & convey information |
| hedonism | the belief thay pleasure or happiness is the sole or chief good in life |
| hegemony | superior leadership or authority, esp. of one nation over others |
| idiosyncracy | a characteristic peculiarity or habit, as of taste, behavior, or opinion |
| peripatetic | traveling about or from place to place in connection with some occupation |
| polemic | an argument or controvery; an aggressive attack on the opinions or principles of another |
