| A | B |
|---|
| adulterate | to debase or make impure by adding inferior materials or elements |
| abeyance | suspension |
| blight | to destroy |
| cicumlocution | a roundabout or indirect way of speaking |
| destitute | without means of substinence |
| desultory | lacking in consistency |
| eneruate | to deprive a force of strength |
| engender | to produce |
| fracas | noisy |
| inert | having no inherit power of action |
| mottle | to mark or diversify with spots or blotches of a different color or shade |
| pontificate | to speak in a pompous or dogmatic manner |
| retinue | a body of retainers in attendance upon an important personage |
| sonorous | giving out or capable of giving out a sound |
