| A | B |
|---|
| maelstrom | whirlpool |
| maladroit | clumsy; bungling |
| malediction | curse |
| malleable | capable of being shaped |
| malignant | growing worse |
| nadir | lowest point |
| nascent | incipient; coming into being |
| nebulous | unclear; vague; hazy; cloudy |
| necromancy | black magic; dealing with the dead |
| nefarious | wicked |
| obdurate | staubborn; unyielding |
| obfuscate | make obscure; confuse |
| obloquy | slander; disgrace; infamy |
| obstreperous | unruly; boisterous; noisy |
| obviate | make unnecessary |
| palliate | relieve without curing; make less servere |
| panegyric | formal praise |
| paragon | model of perfection |
| parlance | language; idiom |
| parlay | bet a previously won bet |
| belied | misrepresent; be false to |
| bombastic | pompous; puffed up with conceit; using inflated language |
| bovine | resembling a cow; placid or dull |
| bucolic | rustic; pastoral |
| burgeon | grow forth; send out buds |
| celerity | swiftness |
| chassis | framework and working parts of an automobile |
| chimerical | fantasticallly improblabe; highly unrealistic |
| churlish | rude; surly |
| circumscribe | limit |
| derision | ridicule |
| desiccate | dry up; drain |
| desultory | aimless; unmethodical; unfocused wandering |
| diaphanous | translucent; se-through |
| diatribe | speech full of bitterness |
| effrontery | shameless boldness; impudence; temerity |
| egregious | notorious; shocking |
| encomium | glowing praise |
| encumbered | hindered |
| endemic | prevailing amoung a specific group |
