| A | B |
|---|
| impregnable | firm, unshakable, unyielding |
| diffident | lacking self confidence |
| martial | warlike |
| dexterous | skillful |
| altercation | a heated arguement |
| deride | ridicule |
| pontoon | a flat bottomed boat |
| rout | to defeat, disorganize completely, drive out |
| perambulate | to travel on foot |
| scoff | to mock; an expression of scorn or contempt |
| din | a loud continued noise |
| amputate | to remove by cutting; to cut from the body |
| imprecation | a curse |
| querelous | complaining |
| prodigal | extremely wasteful |
| vindictive | vengeful, spiteful |
| doleful | mournful |
| dogged | stubborn |
| sagacious | wise |
| conciliate | to win over |
| perfunctory | done by routine; mechanical |
| immaterial | unimportant |
| sublime | lofty, grand, or exalted in though, expression, or manner |
| peevish | fretful; ill-tempered |
| lurid | gruesome; wan and ghastly pale in appearance; causing horror or repulsion |
| abash | to make ashamed |
| industrious | diligent; zealous |
| suffused | spread over or through; filled |
| spectral | ghostly |
| jounce | bounce; jolt |
| mystic | mystical, occult; inducing a feeling of awe or wonder |
| ague | fit of shivering |
| harangue | lecture |
| plaintive | expressive of suffering or woe; melancholoy |
| vindicate | to set free or deliver |
| sinuous | winding; complex |
| craven | defeated; cowardly |
| indifferent | impartial, moderate |
| insolent | insultingly bold; proud |
| blanch | to make ashen or pale |
| livid | very angry, enraged; discolored |
| remonstrance | presentation of reasons for opposition or grievance |
| anecdote | short narrative |
| audacious | bold, adventurous |
| glint | to gleam; to give off reflections in brilliant flashes |
| visage | the face or appearance of a person or animal |
| langour | weakness, weariness, listlessness |
| impend | to menace; to hover threateningly |
| peremptory | putting an end to all arguement; urgent or commanding |
| deprecatory | apologetic; disapproving |
| condescend | to assume an air of superiority |
| repudiate | to disown; to refuse to accept |
| abject | humble; cast down in spirit ; spiritless |
| jade | to tire |
| reverie | daydream; being lost in thought |
| temerity | recklessness |
| spasmodic | excitable |
| retort | to retaliate or pay back; to make a reply |
| respite | a period of temporary dealy; an interval of rest |
| deplete | to use up |
| ungainly | clumsy; ugly |
| impetus | inpulse, a driving force |
| mimicry | act or instance of mimicking |
| disheveled | in disorder or disarray |
| impotent | not strong; helpless |
| expletive | a word instereted to fill a vacancy; an obscene or profane word |
| succor | relief, aid; to go to the aid of |
| unscathed | unharmed |
| exalt | to raise in ran, power, or character; glorify, elevate, praise |
| paroxysm | a convulsion; an outburst |
| morose | having a gloomy disposition |
| prattle | trifling or empty talk; to babble |
| stolid | having or expression little or no sensibility; unemotional |
