| A | B |
|---|
| abominable | repugnantly hateful; detestable; loathsome |
| acrimonious | caustic, stinging, or bitter in nature, speech, behavior, etc |
| addled | mentally confused; muddled. |
| anecdote | a short account of a particular incident or event of an interesting or amusing nature, often biographical |
| anodize | to coat a metal, esp. magnesium or aluminum, with a protective film by |
| anthropologist | The scientific study of the origin, the behavior, and the physical, social, and |
| ardent | characterized by intense feeling; passionate; fervent |
| ascertain | to find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance; determine |
| avuncular | of, pertaining to, or characteristic of an uncle |
| azure | of or having a light, purplish shade of blue, like that of a clear and |
| balderdash | senseless, stupid, or exaggerated talk or writing; nonsense |
| beguile | to influence by trickery, flattery, etc.; mislead; delude |
| bucolic | of or pertaining to shepherds; pastoral |
| catatonic | a syndrome seen most frequently in schizophrenia, characterized by |
| clemency | the quality of being clement; disposition to show forbearance, |
| cohesion | the act or state of cohering, uniting, or sticking together |
| commisserate | to feel or express sorrow or sympathy for; empathize with; pity |
| connoisseur | a discerning judge of the best in any field |
| covetously | inordinately or wrongly desirous of wealth or possessions; greedy |
| decrepit | weakened by old age; feeble; infirm |
| delusions | a false belief strongly held in spite of invalidating evidence, especially as a |
| diffident | lacking confidence in one's own ability, worth, or fitness; timid; shy |
| echolalia | the uncontrollable and immediate repetition of words spoken by another |
| epitaph | a commemorative inscription on a tomb or mortuary monument about |
| ersatz | serving as a substitute; synthetic; artificial |
| excrement | waste matter discharged from the body, esp. feces |
| extrapolate | to infer (an unknown) from something that is known; conjecture |
| feeble | physically weak, as from age or sickness; frail |
| feign | to represent fictitiously; put on an appearance of; to fake or pretend |
| flibbertigibbet | a chattering or flighty, light-headed person; a female fool |
| florid | reddish; ruddy; rosy |
| furlough | vacation or leave of absence granted to an enlisted person |
| gaunt | extremely thin and bony; haggard and drawn, as from great hunger, |
| Golgotha | a place of suffering or sacrifice; where Jesus was crucified |
| groggily | dazed and weakened, as from lack of sleep |
| hankering | a longing; craving |
| importune | urgent or persistent in solicitation, sometimes annoyingly so |
| incendiary | used or adapted for setting property on fire |
| lethargically | drowsy; sluggish |
| ludicrous | causing laughter because of absurdity; provoking or deserving derision; |
| lugubrious | mournful, dismal, or gloomy, esp. in an affected, exaggerated, or |
| lyrical | having the form and musical quality of a song, |
| magnanimity | liberality in bestowing gifts; extremely liberal and generous of spirit |
| meager | deficient in quantity or quality; lacking fullness or richness; scanty; |
| myriad | a very great or indefinitely great number of persons or things |
| nacreous | consisting of or resembling mother-of-pearl |
| obliterate | to remove or destroy all traces of; do away with; destroy completely |
| papable | readily or plainly seen, heard, perceived |
| peevish | cross, querulous, or fretful, as from vexation or discontent |
| resonant | resounding or echoing, as sounds |
| rodomontade | vainglorious boasting or bragging; pretentious, blustering talk |
| rogue | a dishonest, knavish person; scoundrel |
| rumpus | a noisy or violent disturbance; commotion; uproar |
| siege | any prolonged or persistent effort to overcome resistance |
| smithereens | small pieces; bits: |
| soliloquize | talk to oneself |
| sordid | morally ignoble or base; vile |
| succumb | to give way to superior force; yield |
| titillate | to excite or arouse agreeably |
| translucent | clear; transparent |
| travesty | a literary or artistic burlesque of a serious work or subject, characterized |
| unmitigated | not softened or lessened: |
| vertigo | a dizzying sensation of tilting within stable surroundings or of being in |
