| A | B |
|---|
| nirvana | a condition of great peace or happiness |
| obsequious | excessively submissive or overly attentive |
| offal | garbage; waste parts |
| savant | a person of extensive learning; an eminent scholar |
| bombast | impressive but meaningless language |
| elicit | to draw forth |
| endemic | confined to a particular area |
| flaunt | show off |
| deign | to lower oneself before an inferior |
| querulous | complaining |
| hospice | a shelter for travelers |
| hallow | to make holy |
| orifice | mouth |
| germane | relevant |
| empirical | based on pratical experience |
| perdition | damnation |
| lascivious | lustful or lewd |
| malleable | capable of being changed |
| regale | to delight with something pleasing or amusing |
| impalpable | unable to be felt |
| miscreant | vicious person |
| salacious | obscene |
| salient | significant |
| affinity | an attraction to |
| ennui | boredome; a weariness resulting from a lack of interest |
| nonentity | a person or thing of little importance |
| coalesce | to blend; to merge |
| hector | to bully; to pester |
| hubris | excessive pride of self-confidence |
| lambent | softly bright or radiant; moving lightly over a surface |
| rebuke | to scold; to blame |
| beguile | to decieve; to charm; to enchant |
| pandemic | general; widespread |
| ergo | therefore |
| pecuniary | pertaining to oney; financial |
| apotheosis | the finest example |
| contiguous | making contact of touching at some point; side-by-side |
| tenacious | strongly held; not easy to separate |
| specious | deceptive or misleading |
| platonic | marked by the absence of romance or physical attraction |
| incendiary | causing to excite or inflame |
| malfeasance | poor conduct or wrongdoing |
| truculent | marked by ferocity |
| dross | refuse or waste |
| fulminate | to voice desapproval; protest |
| jejune | without interest; dull |
| hegemony | influence or domination over |
| verisimilitude | the appearance of truth |
| discursive | jumping from one topic to another |
| beatitude | a state of ahppiness or joy |
| traduce | to slander someone's reputation |
| acerbic | sarcastic in mood, tone or temper; harsh |
| politic | prudent or shrewdly tactful |
| disseminate | to disperse or scatter |
| stolid | showing or having little or no emotion, unemotional |
