| A | B |
|---|
| abscond | to depart in secret and hide |
| bureaucrat | an appointed government official |
| caper | prank or michievous adventure |
| diaphonous | transparent or vague |
| elucidate | explain or clarify |
| fractious | apt to cause trouble-irritable |
| gravity | importance or seriousness |
| hubris | unreasonable or unjustified pride or self-confidence |
| incoherent | unclear or difficult to understand |
| junta | committee that controls a government, especially after a revolution |
| kibitz | comment, meddle, or interfere |
| litigate | to carry on a lawsuit by the judicial process |
| misanthropic | hating or distrusting humans |
| ornithologist | a person who studies birds |
| rectify | correct/remedy |
| expunge | to remove, erase, or destroy |
| servitude | slavery or bondage |
| non sequitur | statement that does not follow logically from one thing to the next |
| theocracy | govt. by officials who are regarded as divinely inspired |
| pusillanimous | lacking courage or strenth-cowardly |
