| A | B |
| supplication | the act of asking humbly and earnestly; a prayer; a petition; an entreaty |
| resilient | adj. easily springing back to an original form; flexible; recovering quickly; buoyant |
| factious | adj. causing disunity, dissension, or disputes; quarrelsome |
| autocrat | n. a ruler with unlimited power; a domineering person |
| archives | n. a place where public records or historical documents are kept; the records or documents kept in such a place; v. to deep or store such records |
| frustrate | v. to prevent from accomplishing; to cause feelings of discouragement |
| adament | adj. unbreakable due to hardness; unrelenting; unyielding |
| procrastinate | v. to put off until later; to delay without a good reason |
| antagonize | v., to make an enemy of; to oppose or counteract |
| peremptory | adj. arrogant; allowing no denial or refusal; absolute |