| A | B |
|---|
| admonish | advise against |
| relinquish | to let go or give up |
| lucrative | profitable |
| circumspect | cautious and careful |
| dissolute | loose in morals and behavior |
| cumbersome | clumsy |
| sully | to soil or stain, to dirty |
| subjugate | to conquer by force |
| abridge | to shorten |
| condone | to overlook or pardon |
| eminent | famous and outstanding |
| semblance | likeness or appearance of |
| abscond | to run off and hide |
| intrepid | very brave and fearless |
| pliant | bendable or easily influenced |
| auspicious | favorable |
| annihilate | to completely destroy |
| catalyst | something that causes a change |
| facilitate | to make things easier |
| succumb | to give way or yield |
| accomplice | a person who is part of a crime |
| arbitrary | unreasonable; chosen on a bias |
| brazen | made of brass; shameless |
| exodus | large scale exit or departure |
| incorrigible | beyond control |
| latent | dormant or hidden |
| militant | active and aggressive; an activist |
| morose | gloomy or unsociable |
| opaque | not clear; not letting light through |
| paramount | chief in importance; above all else |
| prattle | talk in an aimless or foolish manner |
| rebut | argument contradicting another statement |
| reprimand | to find fault; a rebuke |
| servitude | slavery; forced labor |
| slapdash | careless |
| stagnant | not flowing; sluggish |
| revile | attack with words |
| reprieve | a temporary relief |
| precipice | a steep cliff |
| pompous | overly self-important and ceremonious |
| pliant | bending easily |
| larceny | theft |
| incinerate | to burn to ashes |
| inanimate | without life |
| hoodwink | mislead by trick |
| fated | determined by destiny |
| disentangle | free from complications or tangles |
| daunt | to be afraid |
| biased | to favor one side |
| arduous | hard to do |
| anarchy | lack of govenment |
| access | to get at or obtain |
| usurp | to seize by force without right |
| trite | commonplace; overstated |
| terminate | to bring to an end |
| surmount | to rise above |
| rift | a breach or break |
| pilfer | to steal in small quantities |
| pauper | extremely poor |
| obesity | extreme overweight |
| marauder | a plunderer or raider |
| irate | angry |
| fabricate | to make up or invent |
| exorcise | to drive out by magic or force |
| dissent | disagreement |
| cherubic | angelic - like a little baby angel |
| altercation | angry argument |
| adherent | a follower |
| adjourn | to stop and proceed some other time or place |
| alien | foreign; strange |
| comely | pleasing appearance |
| compensate | to repay or make up for |
| erratic | not regular and consistent |
| expulsion | the process of forcing out |
| feint | a deceptive movement |
| fodder | food for horses or cows |
| fortify | to strengthen |
| illegible | difficult or impossible to read |
| jeer | to make fun of rudely |
| mediocre | average or ordinary |
| proliferate | reproduce rapidly |
| tantalize | to tease |
| terse | brief and to the point |
| unflinching | showing no signs of fear |
| breach | an opening or gap |
| brigand | bandit |
| commandeer | to seize for official use |
| deadlock | a complete standstill |
| debris | fragments or wreckage |
| diffuse | to spread or scatter |
| dilemma | difficult situation |
| efface | to wipe out |
| muddle | to make a mess |
| opinionated | stubborn and unreasonable |
| perennial | lasting a long time |
| predispose | be inclined to beforehand |
| salvage | to save from wreckage |
| spasmodic | sudden, violent, and brief |
| spurious | not genuine |
| unbridled | uncontrollable; lacking restraint |
