| A | B |
|---|
| covert | secret; hidden |
| culpable | deserving of blame; guilty |
| deduce | to conclude form the evidence; to infer |
| deleterious | harmful |
| dissipate | to thin out; drift away; dissolve; to cause to thin out |
| erudite | scholarly; deeply learned |
| foment | to stir up; instigate |
| gratuitous | given freely(said of something bad); unjustified; unproked; uncalled for |
| hedonism | the pursuit of pleasure as a way of life |
| incantation | a chant; the repetition of statements or phrases in a way reminscent of a chant |
| incisive | cutting right to the heart of the matter |
| infer | to conclude; deduce |
| latent | present but not visible |
| mollify | to soften; soothe; pacify |
| morose | gloomy; sullen |
| orthodox | adhering to what is commonly accepted |
| pensive | thoughtful; reflective |
| fetter | to restrain; to hamper; manacles; shackles |
| garrulous | talkative |
| impugn | to attack; especially to attack the truth or integrity of something |
| inherent | part of the essential nature of something; intrinsic |
| ostensible | apparent; seeming |
| daunt | to make fearful; intimidate |
| exhort | to urge strongly |
| cursory | hasty; superficial |
