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 |