| A | B |
| Adulation | Excessive or lavish praise and admiration |
| Anticipate | To look forward to or expect |
| Attribute | To think of as caused by or characteristic of |
| Auspicious | Favorable; showing signs of good fortune |
| Commend | To praise or express approval of |
| Decorous | Acting in good taste; proper |
| Dignitary | Person of high rank or in a position of honor |
| Eligible | Properly qualified; suitable |
| Esteem | High regard |
| Grandiloquent | Using a lofty or pompous style of speaking |
| Gratify | To please; to satisfy |
| Inductee | Person who has been or soon will be installed, enrolled, or initiated |
| Influential | Having power to indirectly sway or alter events or a persons actions |
| Magnanimous | Generous; noble in soul or mind |
| Magnitude | Size; importance; greatness |
| Momentous | Weighty; of great consequence or importance |
| Noteworthy | Remarkable; worthy of notice; memorable |
| Podium | Raised platform for public speaking |
| Posthumous | Happening after death |
| Proclaim | To announce publicly; to declare |