| A | B |
|---|
| hypothesis | theory, unproved explanation |
| incarcerate | to imprison, confine, put in jail |
| vouchsafe | to grant graciously, to condescend |
| propagate | to reproduce, spread abroad |
| imprecation | a curse |
| perquisite | an extra privilege or benefit |
| complement | to round out, make complete |
| adulation | excessive praise or flattery |
| negate | to declare nonexistent, deny |
| apocalypse | vision of future well-being, revelation |
| debilitate | to weaken, enervate, make feeble |
| consummate | to bring to fufillment or completion |
| invective | strong verbal attack, violent denunciation |
| initiative | taking the first step, enterprise |
| premise | a proposition upon which an argument is based |
| minority | small(er) group, less than half |
| desiccate | to make or become dry |
| sophistry | a clever but misleading argument |
| anomoly | an abnormal, irregular facto or occurrence |
| incidence | occurring, happening |
