| A | B |
|---|
| autocracy | government by one ruler himSELF |
| autonomic | pertaining to a SELF-governing body system |
| benign | GOOD; not malignant |
| benediction | speaking WELL; a blessing |
| bilateral | having TWO sides |
| symbiosis | LIVING together of two organisms |
| anachronism | something out of proper TIME order |
| synchronize | to cause to keep TIME together |
| circumlocution | a way of talking AROUND the subject |
| circumspect | cautious (looking AROUND before deciding) |
| audience | people who HEAR a speech or concert |
| aviator | pilot who flies like a BIRD |
| belligerent | WARlike; aggressive |
| bibliography | a written list of BOOKs or articles |
| abbreviate | to make SHORT or brief |
| deciduous | with leaves FALLing down |
| incandescent | glowing; WHITE-hot |
| captive | someone SEIZEd as a prisoner |
| capital | the HEAD city, or HEAD letter of a word |
| incarnate | born in the FLESH |
| catastrophe | a terrible DOWN-turn; a disaster |
| precede | to GO before |
| century | a period of ONE HUNDRED years |
| polychromatic | having many COLORS |
| decadent | FALLing down or decaying in moral value |
