| A | B |
|---|
| Compulsory | required |
| Biased | leaning toward one opinion over another for personal reasons; slanted or distorted |
| Radical | favoring extreme change |
| Persistent | refusing to give up; stubborn |
| Inept | incompetent; not up to the task; bumbling |
| Surrogate | a substitute or stand-in |
| Credentials | items or documents proving a person’s identity or qualifications |
| Disdain | scorn; contempt; an attitude that something is unworthy or not good enough |
| Deluge | a floodlike rush of anything |
| Immune | protected against something harmful |
| Ostentatious | showy, splashy; overly grand |
| Faux pas | the breaking of a social rule without necessarily meaning to |
