| A | B |
|---|
| admonish | to reprove gently but earnestly |
| assuage | to make something burdensome less severe |
| coxcomb | a vain, showy, conceited person |
| despondent | without hope |
| garrulous | wordy and rambling |
| idiosyncrasy | a physical or temperamental peculiarity |
| loath | reluctant |
| loathe | to feel intense dislike for |
| malapropism | a ludicrous misuse of a word |
| pertinacious | holding firm to a belief or purpose |
| plethora | an overabundance |
| sardonic | scornfully or bitterly sarcastic |
| spoonerism | an unintentional exchange of sounds |
| veritable | true; actual |
| zealot | one who has intense fervor esp. to a fanatic degree |
