| A | B |
|---|
| nuptial | of or relating to marriage or weddings |
| exhort | to urge, to advise, or to warn earnestly |
| ardent | passionate, fiery, hot |
| laudatory | of, related to , or expressive of praise |
| incipient | beginning to be or beginning to become apparent |
| laudable | praiseworthy, commendable |
| terse | effectively brief; concise |
| mendicant | (noun or adj.) beggar; begging |
| moribund | in a dying condition |
| admonition | advice or gentle scolding |
| inexorable | not to be moved by entreaty |
| clandestine | held or conducted with secrecy |
| execrable | very bad |
| desultory | passing aimlessly from one subject to another |
| reverence | honor and respect mixed with love and awe |
| obscure | not readily understood; vague |
| ubiquitous | existing everywhere at the same time |
| irascible | hot-tempered; easily angered |
| tyro | a beginner in learning (from the Latin for a young soldier) |
| mitigate | to make less harsh or less hostile |
