| A | B |
|---|
| afoot | developing or in the process of happening |
| anachronism | an error in chronology; a chronological misplacing of persons or events |
| barb | a critical or caustic remark |
| censorious | critical |
| disinclination | a desire to avoid, aversion |
| droll | odd or whimsical |
| extant | still in existence |
| fractious | unruly |
| franchise | the right to vote |
| harbingers | things that precede and forecast |
| inconsequential | not significant, unimportant |
| jargon | language used by a special group that is usually strange and confusing |
| mettle | courage or spirit |
| obviates | makes unnecessary, prevents as a result of anticipating |
| opalescent | showing or reflecting an iridescent light |
| peevish | fretful, obstinate |
| perpetuate | to prolong the existence of something |
| polyphony | music in which two or more independent melodies are sounded together |
| propriety | correct conduct |
| renunciation | the act of renouncing; ascetic self-denial |
| repress | to restrain, to hold back |
| scanty | less than or barely sufficient, meager |
| simper | a silly or self-conscious smile, smirk |
| sublimate | to refine or to transform a primitive impulse into one socially acceptable |
| urbane | having a refined manner, suave and elegant |
