| A | B |
|---|
| delectable | highly pleasing; delicious |
| deride | to poke fun in contempt |
| devout | religiously observant |
| effrontery | shameless or impudent boldness; audacity |
| etymology | the science of the origin of words |
| facetious | playfully humorous |
| garrulous | customarily talkative |
| hyperbole | a deliberate overstatement |
| idiosyncrasy | a personal peculiarity |
| iniquity | wickedness; an immoral act |
| nominal | in name only or of token importance |
| omniscient | knowing much or everything |
| perfidious | treacherous; disloyal; unfaithful |
| prowess | outstanding bravery, skill, or strength |
| quell | to suppress forcibly; to subdue |
| revere | to hold in awesome esteem or respect |
| soporific | inducing sleep |
| temerity | fearlessness; reckless scorn of danger |
| tranquil | peaceful; calm |
| truculent | savage; brutal |
