| A | B |
|---|
| revere | to regard with awe; respect; devotion; venerate |
| denounce | to condemn openly; censure |
| innovate | to begin or introduce something new |
| discern | to perceive; detect |
| enigma | an obscure riddle |
| provincial | narrow and self centered |
| capricious | impulsive, unpredictable; fickle |
| tentative | experimental nature; provisional |
| deference | submission or courteous yielding to the opinion or decision of another |
| vacillate | to sway from one side to another; fluctuate |
| dispassionate | impartial, calm, unaffected |
| alleviate | to make more bearable; reduce pain |
| ascetic | a person who renounces the comforts of society and leads a life of self discipline (religious devotion) |
| dogmatic | authoritative, arrogant assertion of unproved or unprovable principles; over positive |
| didactic | designed or intended to teach |
| disparage | to lower in rank; degrade |
| ephemeral | lasting one day only |
| expedient | suitable for achieving a particular end in a given circumstance; concern with what is opportune; governed by self interest |
| fastidious | scornful, high standards; difficult to please |
| languid | weak, listless, slow, sluggish |
| mitigate | to cause to become less harsh or hostile; mollify; alleviate, relieve |
| reprehensible | culpable, guilty |
| engender | originate, produce |
| fallacious | tending to deceive or mislead |
| incoherent | loose, lacking cohesion, lacking clarity/intelligence/relevance |
