| A | B |
|---|
| insipid | lacking interest or flavor |
| intransigent | uncompromising, refusing to be reconciled |
| innocuous | harmless |
| implacable | unable to be calmed down or made peaceful |
| inundate | to overwhelm, to cover with water |
| lavish | extremely generous or extravagant, to give unsparingly |
| irascible | easily made angry |
| credulous | too trusting; guilible |
| crescendo | steadily incresding in volume or force |
| cogent | convincing and well-reasoned |
| condone | to overlook, pardon, or disregard |
| connoissour | a person with expert knowledge or discriminating tastes |
| convoluted | intricate and complicated |
| diffident | lacking self-confidence |
| diatribe | an abusive, condemnatory speech |
| dilate | to make larger, expand |
| dilatory | intended to delay |
| deference | respect, courtesy |
| desultory | jumping from one thing to another, disconnected |
| decorum | appropriateness of behavior or conduct, propriety |
