| A | B |
|---|
| frenetic | frenzied, frantic, highly agitated |
| disarray | disorder, confusion; to throw into disorder |
| atrophy | the wasting away of a body or organ or tissue; any progressive decline or failure, to wast away |
| asseverate | to affirm earnestly with emphasis |
| glean | to gather bit by bit |
| consummate | complete or perfect in the highest degree; to bring to a state of complettion or perfection |
| grouse | a type of game bird; to complain, grumble |
| bastion | a fortified place; stronghold |
| exigency | urgency, pressure; urgent demand, pressing need; an emergency |
| flotsam | floating debris; impoverished people |
| concord | a state of agreement, harmony; a treaty |
| prepossesing | pleasing, tending to create a favorable impression |
| incumbent | in a reclining position, lying down, in the posture of sleeping or resteing |
| incarcerate | to imprison, jail, incarcerate |
| ludicrous | ridiculous, laughable, absurd |
| mordant | biting or caustic in thought, manner, or style; sharply or bitterly harsh |
| pusillanimous | contemptbly cowardly or mean spirited |
| nettle | a stinging or prickly plant; to arouse displeasure, anger, to vex or irritate |
| stratagem | a scheme to outwit or decive an opponent or to gain an end |
| recumbent | obligatory, required; one who holds a specific offive at the time spoken of |
| pecuniary | consisting of money, related to money |
| jocular | humorous, jesting, jolly, joking |
| delineate | to portray, sketch, or describe in accurate and vivid detaill to represent pictorially |
| hallow | to set apart as holy or sacred; sanctify, consecrate; to honor greatly, reverre |
| emend | to correct; to alter to serve a new or different purpose |
| figment | a fabrication of the mind; an arbitrary notion |
| fiat | a command, order, or decree; an act of will or consciousness |
| esoteric | intended for or understood by only a selec few; private, secret |
| acuity | sharpness |
| garner | to acquire as a result of effort; to gather and store away, for future use |
| fecund | fruitful in offspring or vegetation; intellectually productive |
| enervate | to weaken, lessen the mental, moral, or physical vigor of, enfeeble, hamstring |
| depraved | brought to a state of evil and corruption; devoid |
| mundane | earthly, worldly, realting to practical and material affairs; concerned with what is ordinary |
| penchant | a strong attraction or inclination |
| ubiquitous | present or existing everywhere |
| reputed | according to reputation or general belief; having widespread acceptance and good reputation. |
| malediction | a curse, expression of hatred and condemnation |
| overweening | concieted, presumptious; excessive |
| sophistry | reasoning that seems plausible but is actually unsound; a fallacy |
| idiosyncracy | a subtle or slight variation |
| sumptuous | costly, rich, magnificent |
| ignominy | shame and disgrace |
| nuance | a peculiarity that serves to distinguish or identify |
| complicity | involvement in wrongdoing; the state of being an accomplice |
| inane | silly; empty of meaning and value |
| agnostic | one who believes that nothing is know about God, a skeptic; without faith |
| indictment | the act of accusing; a formal accusation |
| equity | the state of being just, fair, impartial; fair and equal treatment; something that is fair ; the money value of a property above and beyond any mortage or other claim |
| abject | degraded, wretched; base, contemptible |
| diatribe | a bitter or prolonged verbal attack |
| intermittent | stopping and beginneing again; sporadic |
| derelict | someone or something that is abandoned or neglected; left abandoned, neglectful f duty |
| effigy | a crude image of a despised person |
| indubitable | certain, not to be doubted or denied |
| travesty | a grotesque or grossly inferior imitation; a disquise, especially in th clothing of the opposite sex |
| surveillance | a watch kept over a person; careful, close, and disclipined observation |
| meretricious | superficially attractive in a showy, cheap, or vulgar way; lacking sincerity; sham, spurious |
| neophyte | a new convert, beginner, novice |
| sylvan | pertaining to woods |
| moot | open to discussion or debate, unresolved; to bring up for discussion; a hypothetical law case argued by students |
| perspicacity | keenness in observing and understanding |
| testy | easily irritated; characterized by impatience and exasperation |
| plenary | complete in all aspects or essentials; absolute; attended by all qualified members |
| motif | a principal idea or feature; a repeated or dominant figure in a design |
| prestigious | having a highly favorable reputation, of high standing, commanding respect |
