| A | B |
|---|
| anomaly | deviation for common order; abnormality |
| inculcate | to impress upon the mind of another by frequent repetition |
| consummate | to reach the highest |
| pernicious | exceedingly harmful |
| obdurate | stubbornly persistent in wrong doing; unyielding |
| captious | tending to find and call attention to faults |
| portentous | of momentous or ominous signifcance; an omen |
| caustic | a satirical or sharp remark |
| munificent | very generous |
| incorrigible | habitual |
| venial | forgivable, pardonable |
| vacillate | to waver in mind |
| zealous | with great zest |
| frugal | sparing; "penny pincher" |
| benedict | newly married person thought to be a bachelor |
| augment | to increase in size |
| macabre | death haunted, gruesome, ghastly |
| furtive | sly, stealthy |
| marauder | invater who ingages in rape, plunder or pillage |
| avarice | extreme greed |
| platitude | a dull, trite, boring remark |
| nebulous | cloudy, vague, ambiguous, indestinct |
