| A | B |
|---|
| impregnable | (adj.) invulnerable |
| frivolity | (n.) lack of seriousness |
| covetous | (adj.) eagerly desirous of |
| unctous | (adj.) oily, bland, insincerely suave |
| sequester | (v.) to remove from public life |
| aggregate | (adj.) sum, total |
| pallid | (adj.) pale, wan |
| lionize | (v.) to treat as an celebrity |
| belie | (v.) contradict, give a false impression |
| zany | (adj.) crazy, comic |
| epithet | (n.) descriptive word or phrase |
| paradigm | (n.) model, example, pattern |
| prone | (adj.) inclined to, prostrate |
| succor | (n.) aid, assistance, relief |
| idiosyncrasy | (n.) peculiarity, eccentricity |
| mollify | (v.) to soothe |
| tacit | (adj.) understood, not put into words |
| coddle | (v.) to treat gently |
| reprobate | (n.) person hardened in sin |
| aplomb | (n.) poise |
| didactic | (n.) teaching |
| forbearance | (n.) abstinence, patience |
| obsequious | (adj.) slavishly attentive |
| ineffable | (adj.) unutterable, not able to be expressed in speech |
| ribald | (adj.) profane |
| obfuscate | (v.) to confuse, muddle |
| scrupulous | (adj.) conscientious, extremely thorough |
| magnanimous | (adj.) generous |
| wizened | (adj.) shriveled |
| apostrophe | a literary term in which one addresses on that is dead or absent |
| litotes | a literary term in which one negates the positive |
| euphemism | a term used in place of a blunt one |
| definitive | (adj.) final, complete |
