| A | B |
|---|
| initiative | an introductory act or step |
| notoriety | infamous |
| meretricious | alluring by a show of flashy or vulgar attractions; tawdry |
| ramifications | consequence growing out of complicating a problem |
| turgid | swollen; distended |
| contingencies | uncertainty; events that may occur |
| antecedents | preceding; prior |
| lethargic | sluggish or indifferent |
| euphemism | tgood waay of saying something |
| dilatory | tslow; tardy |
| boisterously | rough and noisy |
| disquieting | causing anxiety |
| inviolate | pure; innocent |
| libertine | a person who is morally or sexually unrestrained |
| vicariously | performed, exercised, received, or suffered in place of another |
| presumptuous | bold or foreward |
| truculent | fierce; cruel; savagely brutal |
| despicable | deserving to be despised; contemptible |
| extravaganza | opulent show |
| ravenously | extremely hungry |
| corroborate | to make more certain; confirm |
| garrulous | excessively talkative |
| fortuitously | accidental |
| holocaust | a great or complete devastation or destruction |
| pandered | to go down to please others |
| commensurate | equal |
