| A | B |
|---|
| assuage | to ease, to ease, to make less severe |
| auspicious | favorable |
| benevolence | kindness, generosity, charity |
| caricature | a portrayal where features are distorted, a parody |
| dictum | an authoritative statement, decree |
| diminution | diminishment, reduction |
| disappobation | disapproval, condemnation |
| domicile | home or residence, abode |
| fanaticism | enthusiasm or zeal that is excessively irrational |
| fractious | unruly |
| guileless | without deceit |
| hone | to sharpen, to make more intense, to make more effective |
| indigenous | native to a certain area |
| infallible | incapable of error |
| ingenious | clever, inventive,brilliant |
| innate | existing from birth, inborn |
| inordinate | exceeding reasonable limits, excessive |
| malevolent | ill will or evil intentions |
| palette | board on which a painter mixes paints |
| piety | devotion and reverence to God |
| predilection | preference |
| quaint | unusual in character or appearance |
| taciturn | quiet, not verbose |
| tentative | not fully worked out, provisional, uncertain |
| terrain | of the earth or relating to the earth |
