| A | B |
|---|
| affable | courteous and pleasant |
| aggrandize | to increase in greatness, power, or wealth |
| amorphous | shapeless; without organization, unity, or cohesion |
| archetype | an original model after which similar things are patterned |
| aura | a distinctive air or personal quality |
| contraband | illegal traffic, smuggled goods |
| erudite | scholarly, learned; boorish, pedantic |
| gossamer | thin, light, delicate, insubstantial |
| infer | to find out by reasoning; to imply |
| inscrutable | impossible to see through physically; uncapable of being understood |
| insular | narrow or isolated in outlook or experience |
| irrevocable | incapable of being changed or called back |
| propensity | a natural inclination or bent toward |
| querulous | peevish, complaining, fretful |
| remonstrate | to argue or plead with someone against something |
| repudiate | to disown, reject, or deny the validity of |
| resilient | able to return to an original form; able to recover quickly |
| retrench | to cut down, reduce in scope and cost |
| reverberate | to re-echo, resound |
| scurrilous | coarsely abusive, vulgar or low, foul-mouthed |
| sedulous | persistent, showing industry and determination |
| sleazy | thin or flimsy in texture; cheap; inferior in quality or character; ethically low |
