| A | B |
|---|
| abridge | to make shorter |
| adherent | a follower, supporter. attached, sticking to. |
| altercation | an angry argument |
| cherubic | resembling an angel portrayed as a little child with a round face. |
| condone | to pardon or overlook |
| adjourn | to stop proceedings termporarily; to move to another place |
| alien | a citizen of another country; foreign, strange |
| comely | having a pleasing appearance |
| compensate | to make up for, repay for services |
| dissolute | loose in one's morals or behavior |
| erratic | not regular or consistent; undependable |
| expulsion | the process of driving or forcing out |
| feint | a deliberately deceptive movement; a pretense |
| fodder | food for horses or cattle; raw material |
| fortify | to strengthen, build up |
| illegible | difficult or impossible to read |
| jeer | to make fun of rudely or unkindly; a rude remark |
| lucrative | bringing in money; profitable |
| mediocre | average; ordinary; undistinguished |
| proliferate | to reproduce, increase or spread rapidly |
| subjugate | to conquer by force, bring under complete control |
| sully | to soil, stain, tarnish, defile, besmirch |
| tantalize | to tease; to torment by teasing |
| terse | brief and to the point |
| unflinching | firm, showing no signs of fear, not drawing back. |
| dissent | to disagree or a disagreement |
| eminent | famous, outstanding, distinguished, projecting |
| exorcise | to drive out by magic; to dispose of something troublesome, menacing, or oppressive |
| fabricate | to make, manufacture, make up, or invent |
| irate | angry |
| marauder | a raider, plunderer |
| obesity | excessive fatness |
| pauper | an extremely poor person |
| pilfer | to steal in small quantities |
| rift | a split, break, or breach |
| admonish | to caution or advise against something; to scold mildly; to remind of a duty |
| breach | an opening, gap, rupture, rift or to create an opening or break through |
| brigand | a bandit, robber, outlaw, highwayman |
| circumspect | careful, cautious |
| commandeer | to seize for military or official use |
| cumbersome | clumsy, hard to handle, slow-moving |
| deadlock | a standstill resulting from the opposition of two equal forces |
| debris | scattered fragments, wreckage |
| diffuse | to spread or scatter widely; wordy, long-winded or unfocused |
| dilemma | a difficult or perplexing situation or problem |
| efface | to wipe out, keep oneself from being noticed |
| muddle | to make a mess of; to get by |
| opinionated | stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to one's own ideas |
| perennial | lasting for a long time, persistent |
| predispose | to incline beforehand |
| relinquish | to let go, give up |
| salvage | to save from fire or shipwreck; property thus saved |
| spasmodic | sudden and violent but brief; fitfull; intermittent |
| spurious | not genuine, not true, not valid |
| unbridled | uncontrolled, lacking in restraint |
| semblance | a likeness; an outward appearance, an apparition |
| surmount | to overcome, rise above |
| terminate | to bring to an end |
| trite | commonplace, overused, stale |
| usurp | to seize and hold a position by force or without right |
| abscond | T run off and hide |
| access | approach or admittance to places, person, things; to get or obtain |
| anarchy | a lack of government or law; confusion |
| arduous | hard to do; requiring much effort |
| auspicious | favorable, fortunate |
| biased | Favoring one side unfairly, prejudiced |
| daunt | to overcome with fear, intimidate, ; to dishearten, discourage |
| disentangle | to free from tangles or complications |
| fated | determined in advance by destiny or fortune |
| hoodwink | to mislead by a trick; deceive |
| inanimate | not having life; without energy or spirit |
| incinerate | to burn to ashes |
| intrepid | very brave, fearless, unshakeable |
| larceny | theft |
| pliant | bending readily; easily influenced |
