| A | B |
|---|
| PETULANT | rude, cranky, ill-tempered |
| PEDANTIC | boringly scholarly or academic |
| SYCOPHANT | a servile self-seeker who attempts to win favor by flattering those in power |
| BOURGEOIS | middle class, usually in a perjorative sense; boringly conventional |
| COERCE | to force someone to do or not to do something |
| VACILLATE | to be indecisive; to waver |
| PERUSE | to read carefully |
| MERCURIAL | emotionally unpredictable, changing in mood |
| GREGARIOUS | sociable, enjoying the company of others |
| ZEALOUS | enthusiastically devoted, fervent |
| VAPID | without liveliness; dull; spiritless |
| CONTRIVED | artificial, labored |
| ICONOCLAST | one who attacks popular beliefs or institutions |
| AMELIORATE | to make better or more tolerable |
| COALESCE | to come togethre as one; to fuse, unite |
| EPHEMERAL | lasting a very short time |
| FURTIVE | secretive, sly |
| MOROSE | gloomy, sullen |
| CHARLATAN | fraud; quack; con man |
| PEJORATIVE | negative, disparaging |
