| A | B |
|---|
| acrimony | asperity; bitterness or harshness of temper, manner or speech |
| apocryphal | not genuine; spurious; counterfeit; of doubtful authorship or authenticity |
| bedizen | to dress or decorate in a cheap, showy way |
| carping | tending to find fault |
| cognizant | aware or informed |
| demagogue | leader of the common people |
| eclectic | selecting from various systems, doctrines or sources |
| feckless | weak, ineffective |
| mellifluous | sounding sweet and smooth; honeyed |
| quixotic | visionary; extravagantly chivalrous or foolishly idealistic |
| aberrant | deviant |
| bombastic | pompous; puffed up with conceit; using inflated language |
| chassis | framework and working parts of an automobile |
| exegresis | explanation, especially of biblical passages |
| flaccid | flabby |
| hubris | arrogance; excessive self-conceit |
| inchoate | recently begun; rudimentary |
| interpolate | insert between other things |
| mercurial | volatile; changeable ; fickle |
| xenophobia | fear or hatred of foreigners |
