| A | B |
|---|
| bribe | to persuade by offering money or other incentive |
| circumlocution | the act of using too many words to explain something |
| deplore | to criticize or show objection to |
| depression | sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy |
| miscellany | a collection or mixture of items |
| extenuating | tending to lessen the real or apparent seriousness of something |
| oleander | an ornamental but poisonous flowering shrub having narrow evergreen leaves |
| pigmentation | the coloring of a person's skin, especially when abnormal or distinctive |
| rambunctious | noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline |
| saunter | walk leisurely and with no apparent aim |
| raiment | especially fine or decorative clothing |
| fragment | a piece broken off or cut off of something else |
| assegai | the slender spear of the Bantu-speaking people of Africa |
| proscenium box | a box seat near the stage |
| first-nighter | a person who attend the opening night of a performance |
| exultingly | joyfully |
| cosmic | of or relating to the universe |
| first-water | of the highest quality or purity |
| parse-me-la | a dance movement popular with Southern African Americans of the period |
