| A | B |
|---|
| altruism | concern for the welfare of others; selflessness |
| autonomous | independent; self-contained, independent of the laws of another state or govt |
| chagrin | feeling of embarassment or humiliation caused by failure or dissappointment |
| concise | expressing much in few words |
| credible | capable of being believed; worthy of confidence; belivable, reliable |
| disdain | to regard or treat with haughty comtempt; despise; to consider unworthy of oneself |
| embellish | to make mroe beautiful by adding ornamentation; to add fictitious details |
| eulogy | a public speech or written tribute lauding virtues or achievements of a person, esp. honoring the deceased |
| fortitude | strength of mind that allows one to endure pain or adversity with courage |
| gullible | easily decieved or duped as a gullible person |
| implacable | incapable of being satisfied |
| infer | to conclude from evidence; deduce by reasoning |
| laud | to give praise or devotion to |
| mar | to damage or deface |
| mitigate | to lessen in force or intensity; to become milder |
| opulent | having or characterized by great wealth; rich; affluent |
| placate | pacify; to reduce to anger of,, esp by yielding concessions |
| profane | showing contempt or irrevernce toward God or sacred things |
| quandary | a state of uncertainty or perplexity; dilemna |
| repugnant | offensive; distasteful; repulsive |
| specter | ghost, phantom |
| tedious | tiresome or uninteresting by reason of extreme lenght or slowness |
| truculent | savage and cruel, fierce |
| vex | to irrate or annoy; baffle |
| xenophobia | fearful or contemptuous of strangers or foreigners |
