| A | B |
|---|
| buffoon | A clown, jester or fool. Someone who likes to joke or clown around. |
| gravitate | To move under the influence of gravity or to strongly attract or move toward something or someone |
| sage | A very wise person |
| ruse | a trick |
| flout | to treat with scorn or contempt;to scoff or mock |
| precocious | unusually advanced |
| threshold | sill or doorway |
| spurn | to reject |
| cunning | crafty, sly, clever |
| frippery | showy, expensive attire |
| repel | to puch back or cause distaste |
| astute | clever, cunning, ingenious |
| shrine | revered place where relics are stored |
| recoil | to spring back by force or draw back in alarm or horror |
| insidious | seemingly harmless but actually dangerous |
| pillory | a wooden framework with holes for hands and head where offenders were locked in |
| flaunt | to show off |
| genteel | polite or delicate |
| larder | place to store food; pantry |
| deface | to ruin a surface |
| forthright | direct or outspoken |
| luminary | a person who has achieved greatness in a particular field |
| beguile | to influence by trickery |
| compelling | overpowering |
| tycoon | a business person of great wealth and power |
