| A | B |
|---|
| adulterate | to corrupt |
| fortitude | courage in facing difficulties |
| pliable | flexible |
| cursory | hasty |
| impervious | not affected or hurt by |
| quintessence | the purest form of something |
| artifice | a clever trick |
| craven | a coward |
| redress | to set right |
| expunge | to erase |
| malevolent | spiteful |
| panacea | cure all |
| benefacto | one who does good to others |
| clemency | leniency or mercy |
| infallible | error free |
| deft | skillful and nimble |
| extirpate | uproot |
| pinnacle | a high peak |
| chaos | great confusion |
| waive | to do without |
| augment | to make larger |
| bereft | deprived of |
| dour | gloomy; stern |
| insidious | cunning, sly |
| intimation | hint |
| opulent | wealthy |
| unkempt | untidy |
| amicable | friendly |
| averse | having a distaste for; opposed to |
| benevolent | kind; charitable |
| duplicity | lie; fraud |
| holocaust | large scale destruction |
| impetus | a moving force; impulse |
| tepid | lukewarm; unenthusiastic |
| adversary | opponent |
| fallow | plowed buy not seeded |
| muse | think about in a dreamy way |
| negligible | trivial |
| perpetuate | to make permenant |
| sojourn | a temporary stay |
| urbane | suave |
| affiliated | associated with |
| attainment | accomplishment |
| cogent | forceful or convincing; to the point |
| finite | having limits |
| nonchalant | cool and confident |
| omniscient | all knowing |
| uncanny | strange, mysterious, weird |
| chivalrous | gallant |
| discrepancy | a difference; lack of agreement |
| facile | effortless |
| pungent | causing a sharp sensation |
| remiss | neglectful in performance of ones duties |
| temerity | rashness; boldness |
| unfeigned | sincere/ real without pretense |
| brandish | to wave in a menacing fashion |
| destitute | deprived of the necessities of life |
| explicit | clearly stated |
| inopportune | coming at a bad time |
| officious | unfavorable |
| venal | open to or marked by bribery |
| abhor | to hate deeply |
| amend | to change in a formal way |
| buffet | to slap |
| corrosive | eating away gradually |
| discern | to see clearly |
| implicate | to involve in |
| renegade | a person who leaves a group |
| squalid | filthy; wretchen |
| ominous | unfavorable |
