| A | B |
|---|
| Halcyon | adj. tranquil and free from disturbance and care |
| Garish | adj. excessively ornate or elaborate; tastelessly showy : FLASHY, GAUDY |
| Immutable | adj. not changing or not able to be changed |
| Dour | adj. severe or gloomy; unfriendly and unresponsive toward others |
| Seditious | adj. involving or encouraging rebellion against a government or other authority |
| Emollient | n. softening or soothing, esp. to the skin |
| Fetid | adj. having a rotten or offensive smell |
| Inextricable | adj. impossible to get free from; incapable of being disentangled or untied; b : not capable of being solved |
| Expurgate | v. to remove words or passages considered offensive or unsuitable from a book before publication |
| Bombastic | adj. using language that is full of long or pretentious words, used to impress others |
| Desultory | adj. aimlessly passing from one thing to another |
| Perfunctory | adj. done as a matter of duty or custom, without thought, attention, or genuine feeling |
| Supercilious | adj. full of contempt and arrogance |
| Ideologue | n. a particularly zealous or doctrinaire supporter of an ideology |
| Bumptious | adj. stating opinions aggressively or self-importantly |
