| A | B |
|---|
| affable | Courteous and pleasant |
| Aggrandize | To increase in greatness |
| Amorphous | Shapeless |
| Aura | That which surrounds |
| Contraband | Illegal traffic, smuggled goods |
| Erudite | Scholarly, learned |
| Gossamer | Thin, light |
| Infer | To find out by reasoning |
| Inscrutable | Incapable of being understood |
| Insular | Relating to, characteristic of or situated on an island |
| Irrevocable | Incapable of being changed or called back |
| Propensity | A natural inclination or predilection toward |
| Querulous | Peevish, complaining, fretful |
| Remonstrate | To argue or plead with someone |
| Repudiate | To disown, reject |
| Resilient | Able to return to an original shape or form |
| Reverberate | To re-echo, resound |
| Scurrilous | Coarsely abusive, vulgar |
| Sedulous | Persistent, showing industry |
| Sleazy | Thin or flimsy in texture |
| Amnesty | A general pardon for an offense against a government |
| Autonomy | Self-government |
| Axiomatic | Self-evident |
| Blazon | To adorn or embellish |
| Caveat | A warning or caution to prevent misunderstanding |
| Equitable | Fair, just, embodying principles of justive |
| Extricate | To free from entanglements or difficulties |
| Filch | To steal, especially in a sneaky way |
| Flout | To mock |
| Fractious | tending to be troublesome, unruly |
| Precept | A rule of conduct or action |
| Salutary | Beneficial, helpful |
| Scathing | Bitterly severe |
| Scourge | To whip, punish severly |
| Sepulchral | Funereal, typical of the tomb |
| Soporific | Tending to cause sleep |
| Straitlaced | Extremely strict in regard to moral standards |
| Transient | Lasting only a short time |
| Unwieldy | Not easily carried |
| Vapid | Dull, uninteresting, tiresome |
| Anomalous | Abnormal, irregular |
| Aspersion | A damaging or derogatory statement |
| Bizarre | Extremely strange, unusual |
| Brusque | Abrupt, blunt |
| Cajole | To coax, persuade through flattery or artifice |
| Castigate | To punish severly |
| Contrive | To plan with ingenuity |
| Demagogue | A leader who exploits popular prejudices |
| Disabuse | To free from deception or error |
| Ennui | Weariness and dissatisfaction from lack of occupation |
| Fetter | A chain or shackle placed on the feet |
| Heinous | Very wicked, offensive, hateful |
| Immutable | Not subject to change, constant |
| Insurgent | One who rebels or rises against authority |
| Megalomania | A delusion marked by a feeling of power, wealth, talent |
| Sinecure | A position requiring little or no work |
| Surreptitious | Stealthy, secret, intended to escape observation |
| Transgress | To go beyond a limit or boundary |
| Transmute | To change from one nature, substance, of form to another |
| Vicarious | Performed, suffered, or otherwise experienced by one person in a place of another |
