| A | B |
|---|
| accord | to grant; to be in harmony; agree |
| cordial | heart-felt; warm and gracious |
| discordant | being at odds; conflicting; not in harmony |
| culpable | deserving to be condemned or blamed |
| exculpate | to clear from accusations or fault |
| inculpate | incriminate |
| mea culpa | admission of personal fault or error |
| edict | official announcement that has force of a law |
| interdiction | edict prohibiting something |
| jurisdiction | the territory where power may be exercised |
| malediction | a curse |
| cognitive | awareness; having to do with power of knowing |
| diagnosis | identification of a disease by its symptoms |
| incognito | in disguise |
| prognosis | chance of a recovery from a given disease |
| adaptation | adjustment to conditions of an environment |
| aptitude | natural tendency, talent, ability |
| adept | expert or highly skilled |
| inept | foolish, incompetent |
| artful | skillful |
| artifact | object made by human workmanship |
| artisan | skilled craftsperson |
| cadaver | a dead body |
| casualty | someone injured, lost, or destroyed |
| decadent | self-indulgent |
| recidivism | tendency to fall back into earlier habits |
| concise | brief and condensed |
| excise | to cut out |
| incisive | impressively direct and decisive |
| precision | exactness of definition or statement |
