| A | B |
| abstinent | Adj; the act or proactice of refraining from |
| accolade | N; a special acknowledgment; an award |
| chargrin | N; a keen feeling of metal unease, as of annoyance or embarrassment, caused by failure, disappointment |
| censure | N; expression of strong disapproval or harsh criticism |
| chronicle | N; a detailed narrative record or report |
| disdain | V; to consider or reject as beneath oneself |
| disseminate | V; to scatter widely |
| emulate | V; to strive to equal or excel |
| engender | V; to bring into existence |
| lugubrious | adj; mournful, dismal or gloomy |
| proscribe | V; to out law; to prohibit |
| incorrigible | adj; incapable of being reformed |
| pervade | to spread through out |
| gregarious | adj.; sociable; enjoying the company of others |
| archetype | N; an original model or pattern |
| pprotagonist | N; the leading character in a novel,play or other work |
| ardent | adj; passionate; enthusiastic |
| paradox | N; true statement or phenomenon that none the less seems to contradict itself |
| paradox | an untrue statement/phenomenon that seems logical |
| painstaking | adj; extremely careful; taking pains |
| mortify | adj; to humiliate |