| A | B |
| abstemious | moderate, sparing |
| censurable | deserving blame or correction |
| contingent | likely but not certain to happen |
| corroborate | to confirm, make more certain |
| denizen | a resident |
| discursive | passing aimlessly, rambling |
| disseminate | to scatter or spread widely |
| dowdy | poorly dressed, shabby |
| florid | highly flourished, colored |
| foist | to impose by fraud |
| gauche | awkward |
| heresy | an opinion different from accepted belief |
| inculcate | to impress on the mind by repetition, implant |
| palpable | capable of being touched or felt |
| perceptive | having sympathetic understanding |
| pernicious | extremely harmful; deadly |
| salient | leaping, jumping, or springing forth |
| satiate | to satisfy completely; to fill to excess |
| sear | to become dry or withered |
| specious | deceptive, apparently good |