| A | B |
|---|
| spurious | lacking authenticity; false |
| sycophant | self-serving flatterer; yes-man |
| surreptitious | secret; stealthy |
| vindicate | to clear from blame or suspicion |
| toady | flatterer; yes-man; hanger-on |
| anachronistic | out of date; not attributed to the correct historical period |
| abstinence | the act of refraining from pleasurable activity, for example eating/drinking |
| illicit | illegal; improper |
| hypothesis | assumption; theory; requiring proof |
| perfidious | faithless; disloyal; untrustworthy |
| mendacious | dishonest |
| prevaricate | to quibble; evade the truth |
| pretentious | pretending to be important; intelligent or cultured |
| rectitude | moral uprightness; honesty |
| probity | complete and confirmed integrity; uprightness; honesty |
| profligate | corrupt; wasteful; extravagant |
| philanthropic | humanitarian; charitable |
| slothful | lazy |
| abscond | to depart secretly |
| reprobate | morally undisciplined person |
| virulent | extremely infectious; irritating; harsh or hateful |
| candor | honesty; openness |
| beguile | to deceive; delude; cheat |
| malevolent | ill-willed; causing evil or harm to others |
| malefactor | culprit; evildoer |
