| A | B |
|---|
| aggrandize | to increase in greatness, power, or wealth; to build up or intensify; to make appear greater |
| inscrutable | impossible to see through physically; incapable of being understood |
| archetype | an original model after which similar things are patterened; a perfect or typical example |
| erudite | scholarly, learned; boorish, pedantic |
| infer | to find out by reasoning; to arrive at a conclusion by the basis of thought |
| affable | courteous and pleasant |
| amorphous | shapeless, whithout definite form; of no particular type or character |
| gossamer | thin, light, delicate, insubstantial |
| aura | that wichi surrounds; a distinctive air of personal quality |
| insular | relationg to, chrarcteristic of, or situated on an island; narrow or isolated in outlook or experience |
| contraband | illegal traffic, smuggled goods |
| scurrilous | coarsely abusive, vulgar or low <especially in language> foul-mouthed |
| irrevocable | incapable of being changed or called back |
| resilient | able to return to an origional shape or form; able to recover quickly |
| retrench | to cut down reduce in scope and cost |
| sedulous | persistent, showing industry and determination |
| reverberate | to re-echo, resound |
| querulous | peevish, complaining, fretful |
| repudiate | to disown, reject, or deny the validity of |
| propensity | a natural inclination or bent toward |
| sleazy | thin or flimsy in texture; cheap; shoddy; inferior in qualityu or character; ethically low, mean, or disreputable |
| remonstrate | to argue or plead with soeone against something, protest against, object to |
