| A | B |
|---|
| affable | courteous and pleasent,sociable |
| aggrandize | to increase in greatness,power, or wealth |
| amorphose | shapeless,without definite form |
| archetype | a perfect of typical example |
| aura | a distinctive air or personal quality |
| contraband | illegal traffic, smuggled goods |
| erudite | scholarly, learned |
| gossamer | thin,light,delicate a very thin,light cloth |
| infer | to find out by reasoning, to hint,suggest |
| inscrutable | incaple of being understood |
| insular | narrow or isolated in outlook or experince |
| irrevocable | incaplable of beingchanged or call back |
| propensity | a natural inclination or bent towards |
| querulous | complaining, fretful |
| remonstrate | object to,to protest against |
| repudiate | to disown, reject, or deny the validity of |
| resilient | able to recover qulickly |
| retrench | to reduce in scope and cost, to economize |
| scurrilous | coarsely abusive,vulgar, foul mouthed |
| sedulous | persistent, showing indutry and setermination |
| sleazy | cheap,shoddy,ethically low,thin or flimsy in texture |
| reverberate | to resound, re echo, thunder |
| ameliorate | to improve, make better |
| aplomb | poise, great self confidence |
| bombastic | pompous or very extravagent in use of language |
| callow | immature, without experience |
| drivel | nonsense, foolish talk or thinking |
| epitome | a person or thing that is a typical example |
| exhort | to urge strongly |
| ex offcio | by virtue of the office or position one holds |
| infringe | to violate,trespass,go beyond recognized boundaries |
| ingratiate | to gain favor for oneself from another,to make oneself agreeable to another |
| interloper | an intruder,one who moves in where hi os not wanted,ameddler |
| intrinsic | inherent,essential,reating to the basic nature of a thing |
| inveigh | to express strong disapproval |
| lassitude | lack of energy, weariness of body or mind |
| millenium | a period of 1000yrs, a period of great joy,peace, or prosperity |
| occult | matter involving the supernatural |
| permeate | to penetrate, soak through |
| precipitate | rain, to cause or bring about suddenly |
| stringent | strict, severe |
| surmise | to guess |
| simulate | pretend |
| coalition | alliance, league, federation, combine |
| trancsend | surpass, exceed |
| innuendo | hint |
| umbrage | offense, irritation, annoyance |
| provincial | narrow minded, insular |
| unctuous | oily, fawning, trying to hard to give an impression |
| jaded | wearied,worn out, dulled |
| prerogative | a special right |
| assuage | to make easier, relieve, to quite, calm. appease |
| hiatus | a gap, break, a pause |
| intercede | intervene, mediate ,pleadon behalf of someone eles |
| elicit | to draw forth, bring out from some source |
| hackneyed | corny, lack of freashness used so offen |
| lurid | revulsion, causeing of shock, horror |
| decandence | decline,decay,deterioration, excessive self indulence |
| expostulate | protest, complian |
| mertorious | praiseworthy |
| approbation | praise, approval, commendention |
| petulant | irritable, peevish |
| abominate | loathe, despise, detest |
| adventitious | accidental |
| expedite | to make amends for, atone, make up for |
| vitriolic | bitter,sarcastic |
| noncommittal | playing it safe |
| tendous | slender, flimsy, vague, hazy |
| peculate | to embezzle, defraud, misappropraite |
| circuitious | not direct |
| enjoin | command, to direct |
| proclivity | a natural bent |
| seditious | rebellious |
| sangfroid | poise, self assurance |
| commiserate | symapthize, feel sorry for, empathize |
| wheedle | sweet talk to get something |
| expiate | atone for, make amends for |
| acculturation | adopting ways of another social gruop |
| nominal | existing in name only |
| ascribe | credit, assign or refer to |
| ferment | turbulence, commotion |
| inadvertent | resulting from lack of attention |
| flout | to mock |
| caveat | a warning to prevent misunderstanding |
| blazon | to broadcast |
| flich | to steal, in a sneaky way in petty amounts |
| fractious | tending to be troublesome, unruly, quarrelsome |
| equitable | fair, just,embodying principles of justice |
| autonomy | self goverment, political control |
| addendum | an addition designed to increse correctness |
| amnesty | genral pardon for an offense against a goverment, any act of forgiveness |
| axiomatic | self evident |
| soporfic | tending to cause sleep |
| scathing | causing great harm |
| unweieldy | not easily carried cause of size or complexity |
| vapid | dull, uninteresting, tiresome, lacking shapeness |
| prognosticate | to predict |
| sepulchral | gloomy |
| salutary | beneficial, helpful, healthy, wholesome |
| striatlaced | extermely strict in regard to moral standards |
| scourge | to whip, punish severly |
| percept | rule of conduct or action |
| transient | lasting only a short time |
