| A | B |
|---|
| augment | to make greater |
| boisterous | rowdy, rough, and stormy |
| disparage | to degrade, to speak of in a derogatory manner |
| pernicious | very destructive or harmful |
| portent | a sign or forewarning |
| posterity | future generations; all descendants of a person |
| profane | showing contempt toward sacred things |
| quench | to extinguish, to put out |
| virtuous | having excellent morals; righteous |
| baleful | destructive, deadly |
| dissemble | to disguise; to pretend |
| enmity | absolute hatred |
| entreaty | a plea; an earnest request |
| feint | a false appearance; a fake punch |
| perjury | false testimony |
| prate | to talk foolishly at great length |
| rancor | bitter, deep- |
| wanton | immoral; lewd |
| ascend | to move upward; to rise from a lower station |
| beguile | to deceive; to mislead with charm |
| calamity | a serious event causing distress or misfortune |
| vexation | discomfort or distress |
| dirge | funeral hymn, lament |
| prostration | a stretching out due to lack of vitality and being completely overcome |
| supple | easily bent; elastic; pliable |
| ambiguous | having more than one meaning; unclear; uncertain |
| lament | to mourn or express sorrow |
| engrossed | completely occupied or absorbed |
| inauspicious | unfavorable |
| inundate | to flood; to overflow |
| obsequious | overly attentive; servile |
| penury | extreme poverty |
| presage | something that foreshadows a future event |
| savory | appetizing |
| analogous | alike or similar in certain respects that permits one to draw an analogy |
| anarchy | the absence of government; a state of lawlessness |
| ancillary | aiding or accessory; subordinate to the main thing; supplementary |
| anecdote | a short story of an interesting or amusing incident |
| animosity | harsh feelings; enmity; resentment; hatred |
| anomalous | out of place; abnormal |
| insolence | insulting or contemptuous behavior |
| reproach | to blame for something; a disgrace |
| bestow | to grant or to give |
| divination | foretelling the future by means of magic |
| circumspect | careful to consider consequences; cautious; prudent |
| vociferous | clamorous, boisterous |
| brazen | shameless; insolent disrespectful |
| gilded | covered with gold or a golden color |
| begrudge | to give reluctantly; to envy a possession or one's enjoyment |
| illustrious | notably outstanding; famous |
| pernicious | destructive or harmful |
| subtle | delicate; elusive; not obvious |
| flourish | to thrive; to grow well |
| tempestuous | turbulent; stormy |
| formidable | menacing; causing fear or awe |
| grievous | characterized by severe suffering or sorrow |
| incessant | uninterrupted |
| conspicuous | obvious; noticeable; attracting attention |
| ravenous | urgently eager for food |
| reconcile | to reestablish friendship; to resolve a dispute |
| indignation | anger as a result of something unjust |
| vagabond | one who leads an unsettled, irresponsible, or disreputable life |
| ardor | warmth or heat of emotion; extreme force, vigor, or energy |
| stalwart | one who supports a cause with firm partisanship |
| propriety | correct conduct |
| prudent | wise and careful about practical maters |
| fortuitous | happening by accident or chance |
| chaste | morally pure |
| archaic | antiquated; old; out of use as in language |
| revile | to subject to verbal abuse |
| demur | to hesitate; to delay; to object |
| elucidate | to make clear to explain |
| ethereal | heavenly; unusually delicate; light, intangible |
| mundane | ordinary; commonplace |
| covert | secret; concealed |
| compliance | a yielding; acquiescence |
| respite | a rest; a delay; a period of relief |
| lucid | easily understood; mentally sound |
| obsequious | overly attentive; servile |
| muse | to ponder |
| acquiesce | to give in; comply |
| acrid | caustic; bitter; harsh (as it relates to taste and smell |
| acumen | mental sharpness |
| adage | a wise saying |
| adamant | inflexible; obstinate |
| adherent | a follower of something e.g. a leader, party or philosophy |
| adjunct | something added or joined to a thing but not necessarily a part of it |
| admonish | to caution, to advise, or to counsel against something |
| adroit | skillful; adept |
| adulation | extreme praise or admiration |
| advent | a coming or arrival |
| adversity | misfortune; unfavorable happening |
| advocacy | support of an idea |
| aesthetic | relating to a sense of art |
| affable | friendly; courteous |
| affinity | a likeness; a relationship |
| affluent | abounding in wealth |
| affront | an offensive act or word; an offense to one's dignity or self-respect |
| afoot | in the process of happening |
| aggregate | sum total; whole amount |
| agile | characterized by the ability to move quickly with suppleness and grace |
| alacrity | prompt and cheerful response |
| allay | to put fear, doubt, or anger to rest; to quiet; to relieve |
| allegory | symbolic narrative; treatment of one subject under the guise of another |
| allure | to influence, sway, or entice with some tempting appeal |
| altercation | a heated or angry dispute; noisy argument or controversy |
| altruistic | unselfishly concerned of the welfare of others; generous |
| amalgam | a combination of different elements |
| amass | to collect, gather, accumulate |
| ambience | a surrounding or pervading atmosphere |
| ambiguous | having more than one meaning; unclear; uncertain |
| ambivalent | having contrary feelings or attitudes |
| ambulatory | able to walk or move around |
| ameliorate | to make better, to relieve, to improve |
| amenable | open or willing to follow advice |
| amenity | agreeable ways or manners; the quality of being agreeable or pleasant |
| amiable | friendly, sociable and congenial; civil and urbane |
| amity | friendship |
| amorphous | shapeless, having no definite form |
| anachronism | an error in chronology; a misplacing of persons or events |
| anarchist | one who believes in the absence of government or law |
| anathema | a vigorous denunciation; one who is intensely disliked |
| ancillary | aiding or accessory; subordinate to the main thing; supplementary |
| anecdote | a short story of an interesting or amusing incident |
| animosity | harsh feelings; enmity; resentment; hatred |
| anomalous | out of place; abnormal |
| antecedent | preceding a cause |
| antediluvian | very very old |
| anthology | an assortment or collection of selected pieces of literature or art |
| antidote | something that relieves the effects of a poison |
| juncture | point of joining |
| mottled | embarked with spots of different color |
| stilted | formal, stiff, pompous |
| morose | being sullen and gloomy |
| imperious | extremely overbearing |
| relish | to take great pleasure of delight in |
| mollify | to soothe or to appease; to assuage |
| pugnacious | looking for a fight, combative, belligerent |
| abode | a home |
| abominable | repugnantly hateful; very unpleasant, detestable |
