| A | B |
|---|
| rankle | to cause anger, irritation, or bitterness; to get under your skin (figuratively) |
| meritorious | deserving of honor or esteem |
| tome | a large or scholarly book |
| layman | a person who is not a member of a particular profession |
| onerous | difficult to do or deal with; oppressively burdensome |
| vignette | a short literary sketch or movie scene that focuses on a particular character, place, or concept that will add development to the larger story |
| non sequitur | a statement that is not connected in any logical or clear way to anything said before it (Latin phrase - means “does not follow”) |
| winsome | pleasing, cheerful, agreeable |
| voluble | characterized by ready or rapid speech |
| sully | to soil or tarnish the purity or integrity of something |
| execrable | extremely bad or unpleasant |
| captious | tending to find fault and raise objections; difficult to please |
