| A | B |
|---|
| acquisitive | concerned with acquirng wealth or property |
| arrogate | to take without right |
| banal | ordinary, overused, unoriginal |
| belabor | 1)to work on excessively 2) to thrash soundly |
| carping | nagging, finding fault |
| coherant | making logical sense; holding together in a logical fashion |
| congeal | to thicken; to change from liquid to solid |
| emulate | to imitate someone out of admiration |
| encomium | formal expression of praise |
| eschew | to avoid; to shun |
| excoriation | stripping off of the skin; also, a strong verbal denunciation |
| germane | relevant, appropriate |
| insatiable | unable to be satisfied |
| intransigent | refusing to compromise |
| invidious | offensive, hateful, causing bitterness |
| ramify | to spread out in branches |
| reconnaisance | a survey made for military purposes |
| substantiate | to prove |
| taciturn | using few words; inclined to talk little |
| temporize | to stall; to act evasively to gain time |
| tenable | capable of being defended |
| largesse | generosity |
| accost | to come up to and speak to |
| avid | enthusiastic |
| brackish | salty |
| celerity | in a quick fashion; with speed |
| covenant | solemn promise |
| devious | winding, torturous, off the normal path |
| gambit | an opening move |
| halcyon | peaceful; calm |
| histrionic | dramatic |
| incendiary | causing fire or causing controversy |
| maelstrom | whirlpool |
| myopic | nearsighted |
| overt | obvious |
| pejoritive | prejudicial |
| proprietary | seemliness, with manners |
| sacrilege | to treat something sacred with disrespect |
| summarily | without delay |
| suppliant | one who begs (but not for $) |
| talisman | lucky charm |
| undulate | to move in a wavelike fashion |
| propound | to propose; to set forth |
| articulate | 1)well-spoken, a good speaker 2) to pronounce clearly |
| cavort | to romp and play |
| credence | believability |
| decry | to speak out against |
| derogatory | negative; rude |
| dissemble | to lie; to misrepresent |
| distraught | upset |
| eulogy | a nice speech about someone's life, usually given at a funeral |
| evince | to demonstrate or give evidence of |
| exhume | to dig up |
| feckless | ineffective, worthless |
| intractable | stubborn |
| murky | unclear; can't see through it |
| nefarious | evil; wicked |
| piquant | spicy, interesting |
| primordial | so old that it is from the begining of time |
| propinquity | nearness |
| unwonted | unusual; not customary |
| utopian | perfect; ideal |
| verbiage | wordiness |
| verdant | green and lush like grass |
| viscous | sticky and gooey - usually something nasty |
