| A | B |
| predeliction | preference; bias |
| inclemency | storminess; lack of lenience |
| chimerical | fanciful; imaginary; visionary; impossible |
| cursory | hastily done; careless |
| avidity | keen eagerness; desire |
| censure | expression of disapproval/criticism |
| elixir | medication; remedy |
| fidelity | loyalty; allegiance |
| distillation | evaporationof a liquid; precipitation |
| discourse | converse; speak; lecture |
| lexicon | a dictionary; vocabulary |
| devovle | to pass on; degenerate gradually; transfer |
| comply | to yield/agree; submit; acquiesce |
| malignant | evil in influence; poisonous; deadly |
| prognosticate | indicate in advance; predict |
| benignity | kindness; charity; mildness |
| sacrilege | technical violation of something/someone/some place sacred; irreverence |
| imperious | arrogantly self-assured |
| lament | to deplore;grieve |
| repugnance | strong dislike/distaste; aversion |
| procure | to obtain; acquire |
| reprobate | disapprove of; condemn; reject; censure |
| doctrine | instruction; teaching; dogma |
| contempt | scorn; derision |
| panegyric | elaborate praise; eulogy; homage |
| mimic | imitate; copy;ape |
| mien | manner; demeanor; expression; style |
| zeal | passion for a cause; fanaticism |
| erroneously | mistakenly; incorrectly |
| affectation | fakeness; phoniness; insincerity |
| derange | disturb the funstions of; make insane; confound |
| tinge | infuse; color with a slight shade/stain/ordor/taste |
| dogmatism | stubborn assertion of an opinion |
| intrinsic | inherent; internal; essential |
| exultation | extremely joyful; jubilation |
| infallibly | unfailingly; unerringly |
| conducive | leading to a particular outcome; promotive |
| protract | prolong; extend; draw out |
| consummation | fulfillment; completion; ultimate goal/accomplishment |
| precept | command/principle intended as a general rule; axiom |