| A | B |
|---|
| approbation | commendation;an expression of approval; praise |
| provincial | narrow in mind or outlook; countrified; parochial; naive |
| inveigh | to make a violent attack in words; strong disapproval; harangu |
| epitome | model, archetype; an instance that represents a larger reality |
| intrinsic | organic, inherent; belonging to something's very nature |
| permeated | spread through; soaked |
| acculturation | adaptation; the modification of one's traits and patterns into that of another culture |
| tenuous | poorly supported; lacking a sound basis; flimsy |
| vitriolic | bitter, sarcastic, caustic |
| proclivity | a natural inclination or tendency |
| assuage | mitigate; to make easier, milder, or less intense |
| coalition | a combination, union, or merger |
| exhort | encourage |
| bombastic | pompous in language; pretentious; highfalutin |
| callow | immature; without experience |
| precipitate | to fall as moisture; characterized by excessive haste |
| enjoin | to direct or order; command |
| noncommittal | unwilling to take a clear position |
| wheedle | to coax or flattery to gain a desired end |
| seditious | resistant to lawful authority; mutinous |
| interloper | trespasser, meddler, buttinsky |
| umbrage | offense |
| surmise | to conjecture or guess; infer, gather |
| prerogative | a special right or privilege; perquisite |
| hiatus | a gap, opening, pause, lacuna |
| jaded | sated; surfeited |
| ascribe | credit |
| intercede | mediate |
| adventitious | resulting from chance; fotuitous |
| simulate | imitate |
