| A | B |
|---|
| assiduous | ADJ marked by careful and unremitting attention (diligent, industrious) |
| audacity | N excessive boldness, daring (gall) |
| conciliate | V to reconcile, pacify, appease |
| dexterous | ADJ skillful and active with hands (deft) |
| execrable | ADJ extremely bad, deserving of hate (appalling, despicable) |
| frivolous | ADJ lacking in seriousness or importance (silly) |
| guileless | ADJ without deceit, candid, frank |
| impertinent | ADJ insolently rude |
| loiter | V to stand idly, to dally |
| malign | V to slander |
| obtrude | V to thrust out, to project |
| perspicacious | ADJ having clear insight, shrewd, perceptive, sagacious |
| reproach | V to blame for something, to castigate |
| reticence | V to blame for something (admonish, castigate) |
| spurn | V to reject or refuse with hostility |
| staid | ADJ reserved and upright in manner and behavior, grave, sober |
| vogue | N proper fashion, fad |
| vulgarity | N something offensive to good taste, coarseness |
| diffidence | N shyness, reserve, bashfulness |
| discern | V to differentiate between two or more things |
