| A | B |
|---|
| atone | to make amends |
| replete | full |
| devoid | entirely without |
| bland | lacking flavor |
| mammoth | huge; gigantic |
| lackadaisical | showing lack of interest |
| baleful | threatening; ominous |
| ethereal | very light; heavenly |
| diminution | reduction |
| purblind | having poor vision |
| waft | move gently by wind or waves |
| awry | twisted or turns; wrong, amiss |
| perturb | upset; make uneasy |
| bulletin | brief announcement; small publication |
| felon | person convicted of a serious crim |
| stifle | to hold back |
| porous | filled with holes |
| limber | flexible |
| enamor | to inspire with love; captivate |
| utter | to speak; completely |
| poltroon | a coward |
| boon | a timely benefit; a blessing |
| lampoon | light, good-humored satire |
| appease | to soothe; to pacify |
| strife | bitter conflict; quarrel; fight |
| paragon | a mode or pattern of excellence |
| brazen | bold, shameless, impudent; brass-like |
| bootleg | to smuggle; to make, sell or transport illegally |
| covert | secret; hidden; concealed |
| conundrum | a dilemma; any problem or puzzle |
| panorama | unbroken view of a wide area |
| saga | a long story often telling the history of a family |
| plethora | a state of suberabundance or excessive fulness |
| gradient | a rate of inclination; a slove |
| adnerent | a follower of a leader, supporter |
| vent | a means of excape or release; an outlet |
| armament | military suppoies and weapons |
| corpulent | obese |
| presentiment | premonition; sense that something is about to occur |
| circumvent | to surround; enclose |
| gullible | easily cheated or fooled |
| mawkish | excessively sentimental |
| raffish | cheaply vulgar; tawdry |
| continuum | a continuous whole with clear division into parts |
| travail | strenulous physical or mental labor or effort |
| intrepid | fearless |
| languid | lacking energy; weak |
| exodus | a mass departure |
| influx | a mass arrival |
| abash | to make ashamed or uneasy |
| terse | brief; to the point; concise |
| coerce | to force by threatening |
| diverse | different; varied |
| abate | to reduce |
| abide | to remain; stay; endure |
| gambit | to tkae a risk for some advantage |
| jaunt | a short pleasure trip |
| frank | straightforward; open and sincere in expression |
| lithe | bending easily and gracefully |
| aesthetic | having to do with artistic beauty |
| deploy | to arrange strategically |
| cavalier | casual; carefree; nonchalant |
| egg | to encourage or incite to action |
| embroil | to involve in argument or hostile action |
| nullify | to make useless; cancel; undo |
| mete | to distribute by measure; allot |
| waffle | to speak or write evasively |
| ascribe | to attribute to a specific cause or origin |
| enhance | to improve; intensity |
| impair | to cause to dimimish as strength, quality, value |
| attrition | gradula reduction or weakening |
| edification | enlighten; instruct |
| ablution | a cleansing iwth water or other liquid |
| elocution | art of public speaking |
| writhe | to cause to twist or bend |
| pedestrian | ordinary; moving on foot |
| carrion | dead and rotting flesh |
| pinion | bind the wings so as not to fly |
| kismet | fate |
| ambivalence | indecision; contradictory emotions |
| copious | abundant; plentiful |
| tenacious | tough; stubborn |
| surreptitious | done in secret, sly manner |
| voracious | insatiable appetite; eager to consume great amounts of food |
| officious | interferring; intrusive with unwanted services or advice |
| spurious | not genuine; false |
| onerous | troublesome or oppressive; burdensome |
| gregarious | seeking and enjoying the company of others; sociable |
| pious | devout; holy |
| scrupulous | careful of small details; conscientious |
