| A | B |
|---|
| cohesive | condition of sticking together |
| compelling | forceful; urgently demandin attention |
| conflagration | a widespread fire |
| conscientious | careful and principled |
| contemptuous | feeling hatred; scornful |
| convoluted | intricate; complex |
| copious | plentiful; having a large quantity |
| cordial | warm and sincere; friendly |
| coup | a briliiantly executed plan; a sudden overthrow of a government |
| curtailed | cut short; abbreviated |
| debunk | to expose the falseness of |
| decorous | proper; marked by good taste |
| deleterious | having a harmful effect; injurious |
| despotic | characterized by excercising absolute power tyranically |
| dictatorial | domineering; oppressively overbearing |
| didactic | intended to instruct |
| dilatory | describing one who habitually delays or is tardy |
| dilettante | a dabbler in or one who superficially understands an art or a field of knowledge |
| diligent | marked by painstaking effort; hard-working |
| disdain | to regoard or treat with contempt; to look down on |
| disingenuous | not straightforward; crafty |
| disparage | to speak of in a slighting way or negatively; to belittle |
| disparate | fundamentally distinct or different |
| dogged | stubbornly persevering |
| dogmatic | characterized by a stubborn adherence to insufficiently probed beliefs |
| dubious | doubtful; of unlikely authenticity |
| ebullience | intense enthusiasm |
| eclectic | made up of a variety of sources or styles |
| effusive | describing unrestrained emotional expression; gushy |
| egregious | conspicuously bad or offensive |
| embellish | to make beautiful by ornamenting; to decorate |
| emphatic | softening and soothing |
| emulate | to try to equal or excel, especially through imitation |
| enervate | to weaken the strength or vitality of |
| enmity | mutual hatred or ill-will |
| ephemeral | lasting for a markedly brief time |
| epiphany | a sudden burst of understanding or discovery |
| equanimity | the quality of being calm and even-tempered; composure |
| exculpate | to free from guilt or blame |
| exemplary | commendable |
| fabricated | made; concocted in order to deceive |
| facetious | playfully humurous |
