| A | B |
|---|
| adapt | to adjust or change to suit conditions |
| attest | to bear witness |
| dovetail | fit together |
| enormity | giant; of great importance |
| falter | stumble, hesitate |
| foreboding | something bad is going to happen, I can feel it! |
| forlorn | helpless, sad, lonely |
| haughty | I'm #1, I'm #1 !!! |
| impediment | obstacle |
| imperative | urgent |
| loiter | linger around, tarry |
| malinger | fake illness to avoid work |
| pithy | short but full of meaning; "short and sweet" |
| plunder | to rob, seize wrongfully |
| simper | silly forced smile or way of speaking |
| steadfast | firmly fixed; not moving or hanging |
| vilify | to abuse, belittle or slander unjustly |
| waif | a stray person or animal |
| wry | twisted, turned to one side; sometimes a twisted remark of some amusement quality |
| vaunted | much boasted about, trumpeted or heralded |
| amplify | to make louder |
| armistice | Stop Fighting!!! (for now) |
| arrogant | quite convinced of one's own importance; haughty |
| bland | lacking interest, ordinary |
| disclaim | deny connection to; absolve from blame |
| epoch | a period of time; era |
| estrange | drift apart; become unfriendly with |
| gratify | to please, satisfy, indulge or humor |
| infinite | exceedingly large; without limit |
| irascible | hot-tempered |
| kindred | related by blood; similar |
| naive | lack of wordly knowledge; green |
| niche | place, nook, alcove |
| obliterate | to destroy utterly, much like the MCAS test booklets |
| ramshackle | ready to fall apart |
| ransack | scour, rob, examine thoroughly |
| rote | mechanical routine |
| solvent | able to pay bills |
| tedious | long and tiresome |
| vendor | one who sells |
| abyss | deep or bottomless pit |
| befall | to happen, occur, take place |
| crucial | of critical importance |
| dregs | lowest form; part of least worth |
| embody | to give form to; include |
| exasperate | anger, annoy, irritate |
| fiasco | a flop, mockery, disaster |
| garnish | to adorn or decorate, especially food |
| heritage | relating to pedigree, legacy, birthright |
| inert | unable to move or act, lifeless |
| mercenary | a hired soldier; one who works for self-gain only |
| negligent | marked by carelessness |
| oblivion | a state of being forgotten |
| opus | an impressive piece of work, usually a musical composition |
| pallid | pale, lacking color |
| parable | a story with a moral |
| rational | logical,thoughtful |
| reciprocal | shared, give-and-take |
| stricture | a criticism, limitation or restraint |
| veneer | thin outer layer or crust |
