| A | B |
|---|
| institution | an organization, establishment, foundation, society, or the like, devoted to the promotion of a particular cause or program, especially one of a public, educational, or charitable character |
| rigorous | characterized by rigor; rigidly severe or harsh, as people, rules, or discipline |
| skeptical | inclined to skepticism; having doubt |
| infraction | breach; violation; infringement |
| retrospect | contemplation of the past; a survey of past time, events, etc. |
| interminable | incapable of being terminated; unending |
| domain | a field of action, thought, influence, etc. |
| cogitations | concerted thought or reflection; meditation; contemplation |
| philistine | a person who is lacking in or hostile or smugly indifferent to cultural values, intellectual pursuits, aesthetic refinement, etc., or is contentedly commonplace in ideas and tastes |
| transcend | to rise above or go beyond; overpass; exceed |
| egghead | informal an intellectual; highbrow |
| inarticulate | lacking the ability to express oneself, especially in clear and effective speech |
| ambivalent | having mixed feelings about someone or something; being unable to choose between two (usually opposing) courses of action |
| rudiments | the elements or first principles of a subject |
| grist | grain to be ground |
| invidious | calculated to create ill will or resentment or give offense; hateful |
