| A | B |
|---|
| admonition | a warning or reprimand |
| cessation | a temporary or complete ending or stopping |
| chide | to scold or reproach; find fault |
| compatriot | fellow countryman |
| didactic | intended to instruct |
| exordium | the introductory part of a speech or piece of literature |
| fervor | great warmth or earnestness of feeling |
| immutable | unable to be changed |
| impartial | not favoring one thing over another |
| lucid | rational |
| manifest | revealed |
| mediocre | of only moderate quality, not very good |
| mundane | pertaining to the world |
| palpable | able to be felt |
| persist | to continue firmly in spite of difficulty or failure |
| prominent | leading, important, or well known |
| rebuke | to express sharp disapproval of someone because of their behavior |
| recitation | the action of repeating something aloud from memory |
| sustain | to strengthen or support physically |
| terrific | of great size, amount, or intensity |
| utterance | a verbal or spoken statement |
