| A | B |
| affable | genial, amicale, agreeable, cordial |
| aggrandize | augment, amplify, enhance, exalt |
| amorphous | formless, unstructured, nebulous, inchoateoo |
| aura | ambience, atmosphere |
| contraband | illicit, bootleg, unlawful |
| erudite | profoundly educated, well-read |
| gossamer | filmy, diaphanous, sheer, airy, feathery, gauzy |
| infer | gather, deduce, presume, guess, speculate |
| inscrutable | impenetrable, incomprehensible, enigmatic |
| insular | narrow-minded, parochial, provincial |
| irrevocable | irreversible, unrecallable, unalterable |
| propensity | natural bent, proclivity, penchant |
| querolous | petulant, touchy, cranky, irritable |
| remonstrate | reason against, expostulate |
| repudiate | disavow, abjure, renounce |
| resilient | springy, elastic, buoyant, bouncy |
| reverberate | rumble, thunder, boom, echo |
| scurrilous | obscene, filthy, abusive, vituperative |
| sedulous | assiduous, tireless, indefatigable |
| sleazy | inferior, cheesy, tawdry, tatty |
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