| A | B |
|---|
| abstemious | adj--moderate; avoiding extremes, especially pertaining to food or drink. |
| ascetic | adj--characterized by extreme self-denial; noun--one who does not allow himself any bodily pleasures |
| belligerent | adj--hostile or argumentative |
| castigate | verb--to criticize harshly |
| didactic | adj--excessively instructive; moralizing |
| efficacious | adj--effective; efficient |
| facile | adj--extremely easy |
| halcyon | adj--calm and peaceful; prosperous |
| insipid | adj--dull; uninteresting |
| mendacious | adj--lying; false; deceiful |
| penury | noun--extreme poverty; destitution |
| reticent | adj--reserved; not talkative |
| sanguine | adj--confident; bold |
| sycophant | noun--someone who attempts to get ahead by flattering influential people |
| torpor | noun--sluggishness; lethargy |
| vitriolic | adj--very bitter (as in criticism) |
| proclivity | noun--inclination |
| nadir | noun--the lowest point |
| lucid | adj--clear, intelligible--sane |
| impecunious | adj--without money |
