| A | B |
|---|
| insularity | narrow-mindedness; isolation |
| loquacious | talkative |
| mitigate | to appease; moderate |
| nullify | to make invalid; void; abolish |
| censorious | critical |
| partisan | one-sided; prejudiced; committed to a party |
| quiescent | at rest; dormant; temporarily inactive |
| refute | to disprove |
| apocryphal | untrue; made up |
| obsequious | slavishy attentive; servile; fawning; sycophantic |
| arid | dry, barren |
| benign | kindly; favorable; not malignant |
| malignant | severe or progressively worsening |
| converge | to meet; to come together |
| mutability | ability to change in form; fickleness |
| deference | courteous regard for another's wish |
| comprehensive | thorough; inclusive |
| aspire | to seek to attain; to long for |
| pious | devout; religious |
| raze | to destroy completely |
