| A | B |
|---|
| aesthetic | of beauty; sensitive to art; showing good taste |
| animadversion | the act of criticizing adversely; an unfavorable comment |
| conjecture | theorizing or predicting from incomplete evidence; guesswork; guess |
| discomfit | to frustrate the plans or expectations of; to make uneasy |
| emulate | to try to equal or surpass; esp. to imitate or copy with a view to equalizing |
| eschew | avoid; shun; to keep away from |
| excoriate | to strip, scratch, or rub off the skin; flay; denounce harshly |
| figment | something merely imagined or made up in the mind |
| garner | a place for storing grain; granary; a store of something; to collect or gather |
| idiosyncrasy | the temperament peculiar to a person or group; any personal mannerism; an individual reaction |
| indigent | in poverty; poor; needy; destitute |
| inveigle | to lead on with deception; entice or trick into doing or giving something |
| misanthrope | a person who hates or mistrusts all people |
| mordant | biting; cutting; caustic or sarcastic in wit; an acid used in etching |
| overt | not hidden; open; observable; apparent; Law: done openly without attempt at concealment |
| propound | to put forward for consideration; propose |
| pusillanimous | timid; cowardly; faint-hearted; showing a lack of courage |
| inordinate | disordered; not regulated; lacking restraint; too great or too many |
| recumbent | lying down; reclining; leaning; resting idle; Biol. designating a part that leans upon some other part |
| slatternly | dirty; slovenly; untidy |
