| A | B |
|---|
| quiescent | at rest; dormant; temporarily inactive |
| quixotic | idealistic but impractical |
| raffish | vulgar; crude |
| raiment | clothing |
| repine | complain; mourn; fret |
| ribald | wanton; profane |
| recalcitrant | stubbor; refractory;reluctant; unwilling; refusing to submit |
| sagacious | preceptive; shrewd; having insight |
| salacious | lustful; lecherous; lascivious |
| salient | standing out conspicuously;prominent |
| salubrious | healthful |
| sanguine | ruddy complexion; cheerful; hopeful |
| taciturn | quiet; habitualy silent |
| tangential | peripheral; only slightly connected |
| temerity | boldness; rashness |
| temporal | not lasting forever; limited by time |
| tenacity | holding fast |
| ubiquitous | being everywhere; omnipresent |
| unctuous | oily; suave |
| undulating | moving with a wavelike motion |
| unequivocal | plain; obvious |
| vacuous | devoid of matter |
| vainglorious | boastful |
| vanguard | forerunner; advance forces |
| venal | capable of being bribed |
| venerable | regarded with reverential respect; regarded with approval |
| waggish | mischievous; humorous; tricky |
| wanton | excessively merry; frolicsome; having no regard for others` |
| winnow | sift; separate good parts form bad |
| winsome | agreeable; gracious |
| wizened | withered; shriveled |
| xenophobia | fear or hatred of foreigners |
| zealot | fanatic |
| zephry | gentle breeze; west wind |
| amibient | surrounding |
| amorphous | shapeless; formless |
| antediluvian | before the flood; antizuated |
| apostate | fallen from the faith |
| arbitrary | unreasonable; unregulated; despotic |
| arrogate | to claim or seize as one's own |
