| A | B |
|---|
| altruistic | unselfishly concerned for others |
| astute | aware, clever, keen |
| authentic | genuine, entitled to acceptance |
| cumulative | tending to increase or accumulate |
| despondent | dejected, despairing |
| didactic | morally instructive |
| ecclesiastical | pertaining to the church or clergy |
| felicitous | appropriate or highly suitable |
| imperial | majestic, befitting an emperor |
| odious | hateful,offensive |
| emancipate | liberate, set free |
| mediate | to act as a go-between, serve as a harmonizing agent |
| reciprocate | to pay back, exchange favors or courtesies |
| reconcile | to bring to agreement,harmonize |
| relegate | to banish or reduce to a lower status |
| repudiate | to disavow, disown, reject |
| subsidize | to provide financial aid |
| temporize | to act evasively to gain time, yield temporarily to circumstances |
| usurp | to seize(power or control) unlawfully |
| vindicate | to justify, clear of a charge or critcism |
