| A | B |
|---|
| ensconced | settled comfortably |
| cryptic | secret, mysterious |
| indefatigable | tireless |
| tractable | easily managed, controlled |
| ignominious | disgraceful, shameful |
| malignity | malice, extreme hatred |
| capitulate | surrender on certain terms |
| conciliatory | tending to soothe anger or make peace |
| morose | gloomy, sullen |
| taciturn | speaking very little |
| dissentients | those who agree with majority opinion |
| preeminent | superior to others; above or before others |
| irrepressible | unrestrainable; uncontrollable |
| posthumously | occurring after one's death |
| pretext | false reason; movie put forth to hide real one; excuse |
| categorically | absolutely; positively; withoug qualifications or conditions |
| machinations | secret plots/schemes, often with evil intent |
| lamentation | a cry of grief or mourning |
| superannuated | too old or worn out for further work or service |
| complicity | condition of being an accomplice |
| oration | formal speech |
| inebriate (noun) | person who's habitually drunk |
| incumbent | necessary; obligatory (used with "on" or "upon") |
| bon mot | clever remark; witty saying |
| censured | publically condemned as wrong; strongly scolded |
| sordid | not noble in character or quality; squalid, dirty, filthy |
| maxim | concisely expressed principle of conduct; statement of general truth |
| cynical | believing people are motivated only by selfishness; bitterly distrustful |
