| A | B |
|---|
| metier | vocation, trade; also : an area of activity in which one excels : forte |
| folderol | a useless ornament or accessory : trifle |
| hinterland | a region lying inland from a coast |
| attenuate | to make or become thin or less (as in density, force, value, or vitality) |
| senescence | the state of being old : the process of becoming old |
| flout | to treat with contempt : mock, insult |
| vicarious | sharing in someone else's experience through the use of imagination or sympathetic feeling |
| wowser | an obtrusively puritanical person |
| jocund | marked by or suggestive of high spirits and lively mirthfulness |
| carouse | engage in dissolute behavior |
| adventitious | coming from another source and not inherent or innate |
| acolyte | one who assists the clergyman in a liturgical service by performing minor duties |
| tantara | the blare of a trumpet or horn |
| harry | o torment by or as if by constant attack |
| crackerjack | of striking ability or excellence |
| protean | displaying great diversity or variety : versatile |
| polyglot | containing or made up of several languages |
| limpid | a : transparent b : clear and simple in style |
| malinger | to pretend incapacity (as illness) so as to avoid duty or work |
| abeyance | a lapse in succession during which there is no person in whom a title is vested |
