| A | B |
|---|
| acclaim | praise; applaud |
| cupidity | greed, especially for money |
| hedge | to avoide giving a definite or clear answer, thereby escaping responsibility or blame |
| opportunist | someone who takes advantage of the situation |
| acquiescent | reluctantly compliant |
| decadence | moral decay or decline |
| heinous | shockingly evil |
| perfunctory | without enthusiasm or thoroughness; routine; going through the motions |
| acrimony | words or behavior filled with hardness, anger, or bitterness |
| deference | the act of yielding to someone out of respect |
| hierarchy | a group of people in authority; ranked in order of power; a sequential listing |
| peruse | read carefully; study in detail |
| adroit | skillfull in the use of the hands or handling difficult situations |
| depleted | emptied; drainedl used up |
| homage | respect paid to someone/something; tribute; honor |
| platitude | dull, trite statement |
| altruistic | unselfish; caring |
| deplore | to express regret or disapproval; complain; criticize |
| impetuous | making quick decisions and taking sudden actions; hasty; impulsive |
| precocious | mature at a young age |
| enigma | mystery; puzzle |
| deride | make fun of; ridicule |
| incite | arouse to action; stir up |
| pretentious | showy; making ridiculous claims; excessively ambitious |
| penchant | a strong liking; attraction |
| discourse | exchange of ideas; conversation |
| incorrigible | impossible to correct, control, or discipline |
| primordial | formed long ago; primitive |
| prodigal | wasteful, especially of money; extravagant |
| disparage | say negative things; belittle |
| indict | charge with a crime; accuse |
| prodigious | very large |
| reticent | quiet; uncommunicative |
| dissolution | separation into parts; the process of dissolving |
| infiltrate | penetrate by passing through gaps; enter secretly and become established, such as a spy might do in an enemy organization |
| proximity | nearness; closeness |
| vagrant | homeless person; wanderer |
| distended | swollen; extended |
| ingenuous | naïve; unsophisticated; inexperienced |
| puerile | childish |
| affable | friendly; easy-going |
| dogmatic | sticking to widely-accepted belief, even when faced with contrary evidence; closed minded |
| innocuous | harmless; inoffensive |
| quarantine | forced isolation to prevent the spread of disease |
| affirmation | positive statement; assertion; agreement |
| eccentric | different from most, especially in personality or behavior |
| innovation | a new idea/ product; a new way of doing something that is so much better, it causes others to copy it |
| rebuff | to ignore or reject strongly; snub |
| ambidextrous | able to use both hands with equal skill |
| eclectic | choosing from many different sources; carefully selective |
| scrupulous | very thorough; or, doing what is right and ethical |
| amorphous | without or shape |
| endorse | promote or recommend |
| intrinsic | located within the very nature if an object or person; inherent |
| slough | discard; cast off; shed |
| inscrutable | mysterious |
| sanguine | optimistic |
| ambivalence | indecision; feeling of being pulled in two directions |
| emulate | imitate |
| insolvent | unable to pay bills; bankrupt |
