| A | B |
|---|
| accrue | to grow or accumulate over time;to happen naturally |
| annotation | a critical or ecplanatory note or comment |
| bedlam | a state or scene of uproar and confusion |
| covert | hidden, disguised, kept secret or a sheltered place |
| debonair | pleasant, courteous, lighthearted |
| dun | to demand insistently, esp. in payment of a debt |
| efficacious | effective, producing results |
| equanimity | calmness, composure |
| fortuitous | accidential, occurring by happy chance |
| gist | the essential part, main point |
| gratuitous | freely given; not called for by circumstances |
| imperious | overbearing, arrogant, seeking to dominate |
| invective | a strong denunciation or condemnation |
| motley | showing great variety; different or many elements/colors |
| munificent | extremely generous, lavish |
| proscrastinate | to delay, put off until later |
| provocative | tending to produce a strong feeling or response |
| recondite | exceeding ordinary knowledge & understanding |
| reprobate | a depraved, vicious scoundrel/wicked, corrupt |
| sedentary | characterized by or calling for continued sitting |
| abstemious | moderte, sparing (as in eating and drinking); characterized by abstinence and self-discipline |
| censurable | deserving of blame or correction |
| contingent | likely but not certain to happen, possible; dependent on uncertain events or conditions; happening by chance; a representative group forming part of a larger body |
| corroborate | to confirm, make more certain, bolster, substantiate, verify |
| denizen | an inhabitant, redident; one who frequents a place |
| discursive | passing aimlessly from one place or subject to another, rambling, roving, nomadic |
| disseminate | to scatter or spread widely |
| dowdy | poorly dressed, shabby; lacking smartness and good taste |
| florid | highly colored, reddish; excessively ornate, showy |
| foist | to impose by fraud; to pass off as worthy or genuine; to bring about by stealth, dishonesty, or coercion |
| gauche | awkward, lacking in social graces, tactless, clumsy |
| heresy | an opionion different from accepted belief; the denial of an idea that is generally held sacred |
| inculcate | to impress on the mind by repetition, teach persistently and earnestly |
| palpable | capable of being touched or felt; easily seen, heard or recognized |
| perceptive | having sympathetic insight or understanding, capable of keen appreciation |
| pernicious | extremely harmful; deadly, fatal |
| salient | leaping, jumping, or springing forth; prominent, standing out, conspicuous; a projection or bulge, a land form that projects upward or outward |
| satiate | to satisfy completely; to fill to exces; full satisfied |
| sear | to make or become dry and witherered; to char or scorch the surface of; to harden or make unfeeling; to parch, dessicate, singe |
| specious | deceptive, apparently good or valid but lacking real merit |
| absolve | to clear from blame, responsibility, or guilt |
| caricature | a representation (especially a drawing) in which the subject's characteristic features are deliberately exaggerated; to present someone or something in a deliberately distorted way |
| clangor | a loud ringing sound; to make a loud ringing noise |
| contiguous | side by side, touching; near; adjacent in time |
| cupidity | an eager desire for something; greed |
| deleterious | harmful, injurious |
| enhance | to raise to a higher degree; to increase the value or desirability of |
| enthrall | to captivate, charm, hold spellbound; to enslave; to imprision |
| extenuate | to lessen the seriousness or magniture of an offence by making partial excuses |
| implicit | implied or understood though unexpressed; without doubts or reservations, unquestioning; potentially contained in |
| incisive | sharp, keen, penetrating (with a suggestion of decisiveness and effectiveness |
| ostentatious | marked by conspicuous or pretentious display, showy |
| paragon | a model of excellence or perfection |
| paraphrase | to restate in other words; a statement that presents a given idea in new language |
| politic | prudent, shrewdly conceived and developed; artful, expedient |
| prosaic | dull, lacking in distinction and originality; mater-of-fact, straightforward; characteristic of prose, not poetic |
| redundant | extra, excess, more than is needed; wordy, repetitive; profuse, lush |
| sanctimonious | making a show of virtue or righteousness; hypocritically moralistic or pious, self-righteous, canting, holier-than-thou |
| scintillating | sparkling, twinkling exceptionally brillant (applied to mental or personal qualities) |
| winsome | charming, attractive, pleasing (often suggesting a childlike charm and innocence) |
