| A | B |
|---|
| Abrogate | To abolish or do away with, annul |
| Acumen | Quickness and keenness of judgement or insight |
| bowdlerize | To modify, as by shortening or simplifying or skewing content |
| Circumlocution | Evasion in speech or writing; a roundabout expression. |
| circumnavigate | to proceed completely around |
| deleterious | Having a harmful effect; injurious |
| diffident | Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy or timid. |
| Equinox | Two times during the year when day and night are of approximately equal length |
| facetious | playfully jocular, humorous |
| fiduciary | of or relating to holding a trust for another |
| gerrymander | to divide a geographic area into voting districts to give unfair advantage to one party in elections |
| hegemony | The predominant influence of a state, region or group over another |
| incontrovertible | Impossible to dispute; unquestionable. |
| inculcate | to teach by frequent repetition; indoctrinate |
| jejune | not interesting; dull. |
