| A | B |
|---|
| admonish | to criticize or rebuke gently for a fault |
| apathy | a lack of emotion or caring |
| bemoan | to complain |
| caricature | drawing that exaggerates or distorts features of the subject |
| cower | to cringe or crouch fearfully |
| cranium | a skull |
| desist | to discontinue an action |
| duplicity | purposeful misrepresentation to deceive |
| extravagant | immoderate and excessive in spending money |
| gullible | easily fooled or tricked |
| impugn | to challenge or attack an idea or statement as being untrue |
| liberate | to put at liberty |
| meager | a small amount |
| melodious | characterized by a pleasing and musical succession of sounds |
| opinion | a belief or judgment |
| paralyze | to make incapable of motion or movement |
| petrify | to cause to become hardened or stone like |
| priggish | excessively conceited or snobbish |
| rebuff | a refusal or rejection |
| rhapsody | an expression of exaltation or elation in writing or speech |
| skepticism | attitude of doubt or questioning that maintains a need for proof |
| teem | to be excessively or abundantly filled with things |
| turgid | enlarged by fluid |
| veracity | honesty |
| zephyr | a gentle and low wind |
