| A | B |
|---|
| perpetually | continuing forever |
| bolster | to give a boost to |
| tabled | removed from consideration indefinitely |
| discredit | to refuse to accept as true or acurate |
| temerity | nerve; boldness |
| supplant | to supersede (another), esp by force or trechery |
| pessimistic | negative, gloomy |
| fickle | marked by ack of steadfastness, constancy; given to erratic changeableness |
| vociferous | marked by or given vehement insistent outcry |
| resonate | to produce or exhibit resonance (evoking a response) |
| augurs | to foretell |
| procrastinating | putting off until later |
| audacious | intrepidly daring |
| remiss | showing neglect or inattention |
| chagrin | disquietude or distress of mind caused by humiliation, disappointment, or failure |
| chide | reproach in a usually mild and constructive manner; scold |
| destitute | lacking possessions and resourses; esp suffering extreme poverty |
| cosmopolitan | having wide international sophistication |
| derisively | expressing ridicule, scorn, or contempt |
| pompous | having or exhibiting self-importance; arrogant |
| insinuate | to impart or communicate with artful or oblique reference |
| derogatory | expressive of a low opinion; disparaging |
| restate | to state again or in another way |
| penitence | sorrow for sins or faults |
| irreverent | lacking proper respect or seriousness |
| generalizations | to make vague or indefinite statements |
| rigor | a condition that makes life difficult, challenging, or uncomfortable; severity |
| quell | quiet, pacify |
| arrest | to bring to a stop |
| belie | to give a false impression of |
| adeptness | thoroughly proficient; expert |
| contrary | a fact or condition incompatible with another; opposite |
| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part; shorten |
| serene | marked by or suggestive of utter calm and unruffled repose or quietude; peaceful |
| deviate | to depart from an established course or norm; stray |
| impropriety | an improper or indecorous act or remark; esp an unacceptable use of a word or of language |
| insidious | having a gradual and cumulative effect |
| desecrate | to treat disrespectfully, irreverently, or outrageously |
| conviction | a strong persuasion or belief |
| righteous | arising from an outraged sense of justice or morality |
| decry | to express strong disapproval or; condemn |
| idealist | one guided by ideals, esp one who places ideals before practical consideration |
| habitable | capable of being lived in; suitable for habitation |
| counteract | to make ineffective or neutralize the usually ill effects of by an opposite force |
| degradation | the act or process of degrading (to impair in respect to some physical property) |
| inducement | a motive or consideration that leads to action |
| constructive | promoting involvement or development |
| mirage | an optical effect that is sometimes seen at sea, in the desert, or over hot pavement, that may have the appearance of water |
| refined | free from what is coarse, vulgar, or uncouth |
| pliable | yielding readily to others |
| restrained | reserved, controlled; to limit restrict or keep under control |
| detritus | loose material (such as rock fragments or organic particles) that results directly from disintegration |
| immobilized | incapable of moving |
| insight | the power or act of seeing into a situation |
| scorn | open dislike and disrespect or derision often mixed with indignation |
| vanity | inflated pride in oneself or one's appearance |
| unfetter | emancipate, liberate |
| superficial | presenting only an appearance without substance or significance |
| sully | to make soiled or tarnished |
| adverse | acting against or in a contrary direction; hostile |
| integral | essential to completeness |
| vital | concerned with or necessary to the maintenance of life |
| assuredly | without a doubt; certainly |
| proponent | one who argues in favor of something; advocate |
| hostility | deep-seated, usually mutual, ill will |
| impugn | to assail by words or arguements; oppose or attack as false or lacking integrity |
| raging | violent, wild |
| conflagration | fire, esp a large disastrous fire |
| cynically | having a sneering disbleif in sincerity or integrity |
| flabbergast | to overwhelm with shock, surprise or wonder |
| belligerent | inclined to or exhibiting assertiveness, hostility, or combativeness |
| berate | to scold or condemn vehemently and at length |
| offensive | making attack |
| resentment | a feeling of indignant displeasure, persistent ill will at something regarded as a wrong, insult, or injury |
| condone | to pardon or overlook voluntarily; esp to treat as if trivial, harmless, or of no importance |
| derision | the use of ridicule or corn to show contempt |
| rancorously | characherized by bitter, deep-seated ill will |
| bickering | to engage in a petulant or petty quarrel |
| recrimination | to make a retaliating charge against an accuser |
| inflammatory | tending to excite anger, disorder or tumult |
| loathed | to deslike and often with disgust or intolerance |
| burrow | a hole or excavation in the ground make by an animal (such as a rabbit) for shelter and habitation |
| calamity | an extraordinarily grave event marked by great loss and lasting distress |
| allegiance | devotion or loyality to a person, group, or cause |
| sagacity | keen in sense of perception and judgement, discerning |
| empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of and sensitive to and experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another or either the past or present without having the feelings, thought, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner |
| obstinate | perversely adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion; stubborn, inflexible |
| salvage | to rescue or save esp from wreckage or ruin |
| repentance | to feel regret or contrition |
| mollify | to soothe in temper or disposition; placate, calm |
| obstreperous | marked by unruly or aggressive noisiness |
| insolent | insultingly contemptuous in speech or conduct, overbearing |
| flagrant | conspicuously offensive |
| shun | to avoid deliberately and esp habitually |
| obdurate | resistant to persuasion or softening influences, stubborn |
| vigilant | watchful, alert, and attentive |
| ruminate | to go over in the mind repeatedly and often casually or slowly |
| reverberate | to continue in or as if in a series of echoes; resound |
| latent | present and capable of becoming, though now not visible, obvious, or active |
| irrefutable | impossible to refute or deny |
| liberal | of or constituting a political party advocating or associated with the principles of political liberalis |
| microcosm | a little world; esp the human race or huan nature seen as an epitome of the world or the universe |
| reactionary | ultraconserative in politics |
| renunciation | the act of refusing to follow, obey, or recognize any further |
| cataclysmic | a momentous and violent event marked by overwhelming upheaval and demolition |
| nefarious | flagrantly wicked or impious; evil, malicious |
| repudiate | to reject or renounse; to refuse to have anything to do with |
| misgiving | to suggest doubt or fear to |
| callous | feeling no sympathy for others |
| malign | to utter injuriously misleading reposts about; to speak evil of |
| malediction | to speak evil of |
| raucous | boisterously, disorderly |
| clairvoyance | the ability to perceive matters beyond the range of ordinary perception |
| melodrama | a drama characterized by extravagant theatricality |
| mediate | to bring accord out of by action as an intermediary |
| reconciliation | a restoration of friendship or harmony |
| refractive | distortion of an image by viewing through a medium |
| variegated | having discreet markings of different colors |
| absolve | to set free from an obligation or the consequences of guilt |
| tenacious | persistent in maintaining or adhering to something valued or habitual |
| suppress | to keep secret or to stop or prohibit the publication or revelation of |
| pallid | abnormally pale or wan |
| squelch | to completely suppress |
| stoic | not showing passion or feeling |
| conciliatory | to make compatible; reconcile |
| accord | to bring into agreement |
| appalling | inspiring horror, dismay, or disgust |
| arbitrating | acting as an arbitrator (one who decides in the sase of a dispute) |
| acrimonious | caustic, biting, or rancorous, esp in feeling language or manner |
| aversion | a feeling or repugnance toward something with a desire to avoid or turn from it |
| disputant | one who is engaged in a dispute |
| drub | to abuse with words; berate |
| discretion | the quality of being discreet, esp cautious reserve in speech |
| divisive | creating disunity or dissention |
| defer | postpone, put off |
| impassive | gining no sign of feeling or expression |
