| A | B |
|---|
| debilitate | n. to make weak or feeble |
| apposite | adj. appropriate; suitable; apt |
| vacuous | adj. devoid of matter, substance, or meaning; lacking ideas or intelligence; purposeless |
| precarious | adj. very uncertain or unsure; dangerous or risky |
| narcissism | n. excessive self-love; absorption in oneself |
| bilk | v. to defraud, cheat, or swindle; to evade payment of; to frustrate, thwart |
| zany | adj. clownish or funny in a crazy, bizarre, or ludicrous way n. one who plays the clown |
| vagary | n. an unpredictable, erratic, or seemingly purposeless action, occurrence, or notion |
| charisma | n. the special personal magnetism that makes an individual exceptionally appealing to other people; a divinely bestowed gift or power |
| augur | n. a prophet or seer; v. to predict, foreshadow |
| niggardly | adj. stingy; meanly small or insufficient |
| pastiche | n. a dramatic, musical, or literary work made up of bits and pieces from other sources; a hodgepodge |
| zealot | n. a fanatical partisan; an ardent follower |
| execrable | adj. utterly detestable, hateful, or abhorrent; extremely inferior |
| labyrinth | n. a bewildering maze; any confusing or complicated situation |
| impinge | v. to strike against or collide with violently; to encroach or obtrude upon; to make an impression upon |
| utilitarian | adj. stressing practicality over other considerations; relating the the belief that what is good or desirable is deterined purely by its usefulness |
| viable | adj. capable of living or developing under normal circumstances |
| xenophobia | n. undue or unreasonable fear, hatred, or contempt of foreigners or strangers or of what is foregn or strange |
| rapport | n. a close and harmonious relationship |
