| A | B |
| abrogate | abolish by authority as a law or custom |
| animadversion | strong criticism |
| bathos | descent from the lofty to the commonplace in discourse |
| circumvent | surround, find a way around |
| continence | self-restraint |
| dissemble | to pretend not to notice |
| disseminate | scatter widely |
| epiphany | moment of profound insight or understanding |
| feckless | having no effect |
| infinitesimal | too small to be calculated |
| invidious | tending to cause ill will |
| melancholy | morbidly gloomy |
| obdurate | hardened in wrongdoing |
| perspicacity | sharpness inperception or understanding |
| precocious | develop before the natural season |
| protracted | lasting for a long time |
| replete | filled or well-supplied |
| sine qua non | an essential condition |
| tenable | capable of being defended against attack or objection |
| vis-a-vis | in relation to, facing one another |