| A | B |
|---|
| appreciable | sufficient to be noticed or measured |
| autocratic | absolute in power or authority |
| blanch | to remove the color from; bleach |
| blasphemy | curse, profanity, sacrilege |
| brawny | broad-shouldered; husky |
| concerted | joint; cooperative; combined |
| contend | battle; struggle; vie; dispute |
| humane | sympathetic; compassionate |
| illustrious | very famous; eminent; renowned |
| intolerable | unbearable; insufferable |
| irreverent | disrespectful; flippant |
| laborious | arduous; difficult; strenuous |
| lithe | bending easily; supple; flexible |
| maltreat | misuse; mistreat; harm |
| ponder | to consider carefully |
| subversive | treasonous; traitorous |
| synthetic | artificial; ersatz |
| temperate | mild, moderate; composed |
| venomous | poisonous; spiteful; mean |
| wily | clever; tricky; artful; foxy |
