| A | B |
|---|
| abject | of the lowest degree; miserable; wretched |
| aborted | to fail to be completed |
| antithesis | a contrast or opposition of thoughts |
| augment | to make greater; to increase |
| blight | disease or injury resulting in withering, cessation of growth- something that destroys |
| brevity | the quality of being brief; shortness of time |
| cessation | ceasing or stopping either forever or some time |
| debased | to make lower in quality, character, dignity; to cheapen |
| degenerate | morally corrupt; depraved |
| delineating | outlining or describing |
| ephemeral | lasting only one day; short lived; transitory |
| fervent | hot; burning; glowing; having or showing great warmth or feeling |
| filial | suitablle to for due from a son or daughter |
| formidable | causing fear or dread; awe inspiring |
| futility | the quality of being useless, vain |
| gregarious | fond of the company of others; social |
| incipient | in the first stage of existence; just coming into existence |
| indolent | disliking or avoiding work |
| meticulous | excesively careful about details; finicky |
| misogyny | hatred of women, especially by a man |
| nostalgic | a longing to go back, to one's home etc |
| paradoxical | expressing a contradictory statement |
| petulance | the state of being insolent or rude in speech or behavior- peevish |
| pragmatic | concerned with actual practice- not theory |
| premise | a previous statement or assertion that serves as the basis for an argument |
| profuse | giving or pouring forth freely; generous often to excess |
| recalcitrance | the state of being obstinately defiant of authority/restraint; difficult to manage or operate |
| simian | of or like an ape or monkey |
| staccato | made up of abrupt, distinct sounds or elements |
| sycophant | a servile self-seeking flatterer |
| usurped | to seize/hold in possession by force or without right |
