| A | B |
| admonish | warn |
| clarion | loud and clear |
| complacent | self-satisfied/indifferent |
| concur | agree |
| gadflies | people who annoy or provoke others |
| incorrigible | incapable of being corrected |
| moratorium | a suspension of activity |
| paradoxical | seemingly absurd or contradictory |
| profundity | deep insight; great depth of knowledge |
| provincial | having narrow or limited concerns or interests |
| repudiated | rejected as untrue or unjust |
| sanctimonious | making a show of being morally superior to others; hypocritically spiritual |
| unfettered | unrestrained; not having limits or control |