| A | B |
|---|
| recalcitrant | defiant of authority; stubborn |
| spurious | not genuine; false |
| capricious | impulsive and unpredictable |
| disdain | to treat with contempt; to look down on |
| glower | to stare angrily |
| pejorative | speaking negatively about someone |
| plagiarism | passing off another's work as one's own |
| trite | unoriginal; overused; stale |
| vacuous | devoid of matter; empty |
| vilify | to make vicious statements about |
| disparage | to belittle; to put down |
| aberration | a deviation from the norm |
| dubious | doubtful; unlikely |
| ostentatious | showy or pretentious |
| quandary | a state of uncertainty or perplexity |
