| A | B |
| incantation | ritual recitation |
| tenable | able to be maintained or defended against attack or objection |
| inundate | flood or overwhelm |
| denizen | inhabitant or occupant of a particular place |
| exasperate | to make very angry or impatient: annoy greatly |
| hiatus | a break or gap in space, time, pr continuity |
| inveterate | firmly and long established: deep rooted |
| tacit | not spoken |
| rogue | unprincipled, deceitful, and unreliable person |
| pejorative | tending to make or become worse |
| maxim | succinct formulation of a fundamental principal |
| reparation | something done or paid to make amends |
| frugal | practicing or marked by economy |
| resolute | firm or determined |
| imperial | having supreme authority: regal |
| introspective | given to examining own sensory or perceptual experiences |
| contrived | obviously planned or calculated |
| eminent | of high quality, rank, or station, distinguished, notable, prominent |
| caricature | a representation, pictorial or literary |
| sporadic | occurring at irregular intervals; having no order or pattern in time |