| A | B |
|---|
| chicanery | a trick, deception by trickery |
| circumlocution | Evasion of speech or writing, a roundabout expression |
| deleterious | having a harmful effect, injurious |
| epiphany | A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something |
| expurgate | to remove erroneous, vulgar or obscene material |
| facetious | playfully jocular, humorous |
| fatuous | vacuously, unconsciously foolish |
| fiduciary | of or relating to holding trust for another |
| gauche | tactless, lacking social polish |
| gerrymander | to divide voting distrincts to benefit one party |
| hubris | overbearing pride or arrogance |
| incognito | with a concealed identity |
| incontrovertible | unquestionable, impossible to dispute |
| jejune | not interesting; dull |
| acumen | quickness and keenness of judgement |
| ante bellum | before a war, especially the American civil war |
| deciduous | falling off or shed at a particular season |
| evanescent | vanishing or likely to vanish like a vapor |
| enervate | to weaken or destroy the strength of |
| inculcate | to teach by frequent repetition |
