| A | B |
|---|
| Gauche | awkward, lacking in social graces, tactless, clumsy |
| Heresy | an opinion different from accepted belief; the denial of an idea that is generally held sacred |
| Inculcate | to impress on the mind by repetition, teach persistently and earnestly |
| Palpable | capable of being touched or felt; easily seen, heard, or recognized |
| perceptive | having sympathetic insight or understanding, capable of keen appreciation |
| pernicious | extremely harmful; deadly, fatal |
| Quail | to shrink back in fear, lose heart in a difficult or dangerous situation |
| Salient | leaping, jumping, or springing forth |
| Sear | to make or become dry and withered; to char or schorch the surface of |
| Specious | deceptive, apparently good or valid but lacking real merit |
