| A | B |
|---|
| assuaged | to make milder or less severe; relieve; ease; mitigate |
| piety | reverence for God or devout fulfillment of religious obligation |
| taciturn | dour, stern, and silent in expression and manner |
| vapid | without liveliness or spirit; dull or tedious |
| predilection | a tendency to think favorably of something in particular; partiality; preference |
| indigenous | originating in and characteristic of a particular region or country; native (often followed by to) |
| entailment | the act or fact of limiting the passage of (a landed estate) to a specified line of heirs, so that it cannot be alienated, devised, or bequeathed |
| contentious | tending to argument or strife; quarrelsome |
| aberrations | the act of departing from the right, normal, or usual course |
| provocation | something that incites, instigates, angers, or irritates |
| obstreperous | resisting control or restraint in a difficult manner; unruly |
| invective | vehement or violent denunciation, censure, or reproach |
| passé | no longer fashionable, in wide use, etc.; out-of-date; outmoded |
| apoplectic | intense enough to threaten or cause a stroke |
| viscous | of a glutinous nature or consistency; sticky; thick; adhesive |
