| A | B |
|---|
| versatile | capable of doing many things well |
| indigent | needy;poor |
| avaricious | greedy |
| opulent | wealthy |
| destitute | not possessing the necessities of life |
| aptitude | talent; bent |
| covet | crave, especially something belonging to another |
| ample | enough; right amount |
| rash | taking too much risk |
| frugal | barely enough; avoiding waste |
| avowal | open acknowledgment |
| maladroit | clumsy |
| adjourn | close a meeting |
| abate | become less; make less |
| facetious | given to joking |
| voracious | having a huge apetite |
| taciturn | x |
| clandestine | carried on in secrecy and concealment |
| enigma | puzzle |
| adquiesce | x |
| apprised | informed |
| estranged | turn from affection to dislike or enmity |
| litigation | lawsuit |
| unpalatable | not agreeable to the taste |
| discrepancy | difference |
| embroiled | involved in conflict |
| relent | become less harsh, severe or strict |
| disclose | make known |
| inedible | not fit for human consumption |
| craven | cowardly; coward |
| tenacious | holding fast or tending to hold fast |
| scrupulous | having painstaking regard for what is right |
| decrepit | broken down or weakened by old age or use |
| pittance | small amount |
| exonerate | free from blame |
| remiss | careless |
| impregnable | incapable of being taken by assault |
| wary | on one's guard against danger, deception |
| debilitate | impair the strength of |
| cogent | convincing |
| scrutinize | examine closely |
| vigilance | alert watchfulness to discover and avoid danger |
| default | failure to do something required; fail to pay or appear when due |
| infirmity | weakness |
| superfluous | beyond what is necessary or desirable |
| procrastinate | put things off |
| sedition | speech, writing, or action seeking to overthrow the government |
| denizen | inhabitant |
| nomad | member of a tribe that has no fixed home but wanders from place to place |
| tractable | easily controlled, led or taught |
| insurrection | uprising against established authority |
| imminent | about to happen |
| sojourn | temporary stay |
| domicile | home |
| indiscreet | x |
| protracted | drawn out |
| allegiance | loyalty |
| deference | x |
| perennial | continuing through the years; plant that lives through the years |
| infinitesimal | so small as to be almost nothing |
| meticulous | extremely or excessively careful about small details |
| foreboding | feeling beforehand of coming trouble |
| mishap | bad happening |
| misstep | wrong step |
| outwit | get the better of by being more clever |
| overbearing | domineering over others |
| forebears | ancestors |
| mislaid | put or laid in an unremembered place |
| outlandish | looking or sounding as if it belongs to a foreign land |
| misgiving | uneasy feeling |
| foresight | power of seeing beforehand what is likely to happen |
| foreword | intro at the beginning of a book |
| unbiased | not prejudiced in favor of or against |
| understudy | one who "studies under" and learns the part of a regular performer so as to be his or her substitute if necessary |
| underscore | draw a line beneath |
| upturn | upward turn toward better conditions |
| unnerve | deprive of nerve or courage |
| withstand | stand up against |
| unshackle | set free from restraint |
| unwary | not alert |
| intermittent | coing and going at intervals |
| chronica | x |
