| A | B |
|---|
| dispute | disagreement; argument |
| arrogant | proud, overbearing, conceited |
| aberration | deviation or departure from the proper or expected course |
| patient | bearing or enduring pain or trouble without complaining |
| prerogative | a prior or exclusive right or privilege |
| amputate | to cut off, especially by surgery |
| prejudice | judgment or opinion formed beforehand |
| erroneous | wrong; mistaken; incorrect |
| err | to do wrong; to make a mistake; to go astray |
| judicious | possessing sound, discreet judgment; wise |
| jurisdiction | territorial range of authority or power |
| allege | to assert positively |
| surrogate | substitute; in anothers place |
| perjury | lying under oath |
| judiciary | relating to system of law courts |
| litigant | one engaged in a lawsuit |
| literati | educated people; well read people |
| impassioned | filled with feeling; emotion |
| impatient | feeling or showing annoyance |
| cohesive | sticking together; unified |
| curriculum | specific course of study |
| excursion | a short, pleasure journey |
| courier | messenger |
| adhesive | sticking; clinging |
| inherent | natural; within a person |
| incoherent | cannot be understood |
| passive | offering no opposition; inactive |
| protégé | a person under the care or protection of another |
| colleague | an associate or fellow worker |
| adhere | to stick fast; to cling to |
| compassion | pity; sorrow for the sufferings of others |
| corridor | a long passageway or hall |
| recourse | a turning or seeking for aid or safety |
| cursory | hasty or superficial, as if on the run |
| dispassionate | having no feeling |
| concourse | a moving, running or flowing together; a place where a crowd gathers, e.g. at an airport |
| precursor | forerunner; that which comes before |
| concurrent | occurring at the same time; running together |
| discourse | communication |
| arbitrate | to decide or mediate a dispute |
| incursion | hostile entry into a territory |
| obsequious | subservient; acting in a servile manner |
| pursue | to follow in order to overtake |
| appendix | additional or supplementary material at the end of a book |
| centrifugal | moving away from the center |
| refugee | one who seeks safety |
| migrant | person or bird that moves from one place to another |
| appendage | anything added to something; i.e. arms |
| suspend | to hang by a support |
| perpendicular | exactly upright; straight up and down |
| penchant | strong liking or fondness; inclining toward something |
| emigrate | to leave one country and settle in another |
| pendulum | something hung from a fixed point so that it can sway freely |
| matricide | killing of a mother |
| pugnacious | quarrelsome; looking for a fight |
| incumbent | lying, resting or pressing with its weight on something else |
| pending | not decided or determined |
| refuge | a place of safety to which one can flee |
| migrate | to move from one place to another |
| repugnant | distasteful |
| append | to attach; to add as a supplement |
| immigrate | to come into a new country |
| pugilist | a boxer |
| fugitive | a person who flees from danger or from justice |
| subterfuge | deception |
| conspiracy | planning and acting together in a secret plan |
| tendon | elastic cords of connective tissue |
| propensity | a natural inclination or tendency |
| distend | to stretch out |
| expense | paying out of money; cost, fee, charge |
| expenditure | spending or using up of money |
| dispensary | a room in a hospital where medicines are made and given out |
| ostentatious | very flashy and showy |
| ponderous | very heavy; bulky; weighty |
| indispensable | cannot do without |
| tense | uptight; tightly stretched; taut |
| pension | a payment made to a retiree |
| pretend | to make believe; to stretch the truth |
| pensive | thoughtful |
| pretentious | pretending to be something other than what you are; upstart |
| dispense | to give out; deal out; distribute |
| pliable | easily bent or shaped; receptive to change |
| impervious | incapable of being penetrated or affected |
| exigency | something requiring much effort or immediate action |
| ambiguous | open to more than one interpretation |
| compendium | a short, complete summary; an abstract |
| agitate | to cause to move with violence or sudden force; to upset or disturb |
| juncture | a place where two things are joined |
| via | by way of; by means of |
| prehensile | adapted for seizing, grasping or holding |
| devious | not straightforward; shifty |
| viaduct | a series of spans or arches used to carry a road or railroad over a wide valley |
| apprehension | fearful or uneasy anticipation of the future; dread |
| convoy | a protecting escort |
| contention | verbal argument; conflict; dispute |
| accomplice | a person who helps another in an unlawful act |
| negligent | marked by carelessness |
| obligatory | required; necessary |
| curate | clergyman (caretaker of a congregation) |
| curator | custodian or director of a museum department |
| cure | healing |
