| A | B |
|---|
| aggrandizement | an increase, enlargement, or enhancement |
| astronomical | inconceivably large |
| by-line | a line at the head of a written article giving the writer's name |
| concentration | something that has been drawn together |
| dashiki | a loose and brightly colored tunic or garment |
| diurnal | occurring during the day or daily |
| enmesh | to entangle |
| epicure | a person who understands a lot about food and drink, a connoisseur |
| ford | to cross a body of water by wading |
| impugn | to assail or to attack one's honor or integrity |
| legacy | a gift by will, something handed down by an ancestor or predecessor |
| maxim | a saying of proverbial nature; a general truth or principle; rule of conduct |
| nascent | recently coming into existence |
| papyrus | ancient paper made from a papyrus plant |
| pigeonhole | to assign to a category |
| prestidigitation | sleight of hand, manual dexterity |
| rarefy | to make less dense; to make more spiritual, refined, or abstruse |
| rhapsodize | to express in an overly enthusiastic manner |
| seminal | having the character of an originative power, principle, or source |
| stilted | artificially formal, stiff, pompous |
| swatch | a sample piece from some cloth or other item |
| tart | sharp or sour taste |
| unflappable | not easily upset |
| visceral | dealing with coarse or base emotions; earthly, crude |
| yoke | to fit or to join with a harness; to connect or to join together |
