| A | B |
|---|
| beatific | blissful; rendering or making blessed |
| behemoth | a creature of enormous size, power, or apperance |
| blandishment | anything designed to flatter or coax; sweet talk, apple-polishing |
| cacophonous | harsh-sounding, raucous, discordant, dissonant |
| chicanery | trickery, deceptive practies or tactics, double-dealing |
| consign | to give over to another's care, charge, or control; to entrust, deliver; to set apart for a special use |
| coup | a highly sucessful stroke, masterstroke, tour de force, act, plan, or stratagem; a sudden takeover of power or leadership |
| euphemism | a mild or inoffensive expression used in place of a harsh or unpleasant one; a substitute |
| febrile | feverish; pertaining to or marked by fever; frenetic |
| gainsay | to deny, contradict, controvert; to dispute, oppose |
| imminent | about to happen, threatening |
| innate | natural, inborn, inherent; built-in |
| loath | unwilling, reluctant, disinclined |
| manifest | clear, evident to the eyes or mind; to show plainly, exhibit, evince; a list of cargo and/or passengers |
| minutiae | small or trivial details, trifling matters |
| moratorium | a suspension of activity; an official waiting period; an authorized period of delay |
| nostrum | an alleged cure-all; a remedy or scheme of questionable effectiveness |
| pariah | one who is rejected by a social group or organization |
| visionary | not practical, lacking in realism; having the nature of a fantasy or dream; one given to far-fetched ideas; a dreamer or seer characterized by vision or foresight |
| wizened | dry, shrunken, and wrinkled (often as the result of aging) |
