| A | B | 
| adjunct | something joined ot added to a thing but not necessarily a part of it | 
| anomalous | out of place, abnormal | 
| belligerent | waging war; inclined to or exhibiting assertiveness | 
| censure | to blame or to condemn | 
| compliance | a yielding; acquiescence | 
| defile | to make dirty, to desecrate, to pollute | 
| diligent | characterized by steady, attentive, and energetic effort in a pursuit or study | 
| expedient | appropriate for a purpose but not necessarily moral, right, or just | 
| flout | to treat with contempt | 
| galling | very irritating | 
| heralded | announced or publicized | 
| incantation | a spell, written or recited formula of words for a particular effect | 
| indigenous | native to a certain area | 
| luscious | very pleasant to the taste | 
| nomadic | characterized by moving about from place to place as nomads | 
| parry | to deflect or to ward off a blow | 
| precipitate | to cause to speedily occur, to throw headlong | 
| pungent | sharp or irritating to the taste or smell, acrid | 
| ratify | to give formal approval | 
| sagacious | wise, shrewd, very discerning | 
| slovenly | messy, untidy, careless | 
| spiteful | full of spite or malice; malicious; malevolent | 
| tangential | slightly connected; divergent | 
| taper | to decrease in thickness or width | 
| vagrant | a wanderer who does not have a home |