| A | B |
|---|
| collusion | a conspiracy, secret agreement |
| exigent | critical, urgent |
| confluence | a convergence, coming together |
| discrete | separate, distinct, individual |
| divergent | different, deviating, contratu |
| divisive | causing conflict or opposition |
| disparage | to criticize, degrade, belittle |
| impervious | unable to be penetrated, unaffected |
| coalesce | to combine into one |
| apocalypse | total devastation, the end of the world |
| juxtapose | to put next to each other |
| variegate | to diversify |
| differentiate | to distinguish |
| ameliorate | to improve, to make better |
| oration | a dignified and formal speech |
| accentuate | to emphasize or highlight |
| sanguine | cheery, optimistic, hopeful |
| enervated | weakened |
| saccharine | overly sweet |
| maudlin | sentimental |
| mores | moral attitudes |
| cavity | a hole |
| amalgamation | a union or merger |
| copious | abundant |
| connotation | a meaning or association suggested by a word beyond its definition |
| diverse | varied |
| terse | short, brief, abrupt |
| prepoderance | a great amount or frequency |
| dissonance | lack of harmony or agreement |
| cacophony | noise, discordant sound |
| harmony | agreement, often of sound |
| concord | agreement |
| confound | to frustrate |
| scourge | a plague |
| scathing | hurtful, critical |
| indictment | accusation of wrongdoing |
| retract | withdraw |
