| A | B |
|---|
| Abject | Contemptible; wretched; miserable |
| Admonish | Reprove mildly or kindly but seriously |
| Allay | Lessen or reduce the intensity |
| Assimilate | Absorb into the system; take in as knowledge |
| Banal | Commonplace; stale from overuse and lacking freshness from originality |
| Bellicose | To attack with abusive language |
| Cognizant | Knowledge or awareness |
| Commensurate | Being measured by the same standard; able to relate to a common standard |
| Decorum | The conventions of polite behavior |
| Despot | A person exercising power abusively, oppressively, or tyrannically |
| Distraught | Agitated with anxiety; worried |
| Euphemism | An elaboration of characteristics; A statement with language of elegance |
| Farcical | Laughable |
| Finesse | Done in a smooth, manner; easily spoken; done too smoothly to be sincere |
| Fortuitous | Occurring by chance; lucky |
| Glib | Performed with natural offhand ease; showing little thought or preparation |
| Guile | Deceitful cunning |
| Hyperbole | Extravagant exaggeration |
| Incognito | In disguise; to alter one’s appearance |
| Lampoon | A broad satirical piece that uses ridicule to attack a person, group, or institution |
| Mesmerize | Fascinate |
| Nebulous | Vague; lacking definite form or limit |
| Nefarious | Extremely wicked or infamous; evil |
| Nemesis | One that inflicts retribution or vengeance; a source of injury or destruction; adversary |
| Phlegmatic | Sluggish temperament |
| Prosaic | Matter-of-fact; straightforward; lacking imagination; dull |
| Propriety | Appropriateness; conformity |
| Pseudonym | A pen name; a made up name |
| Purloin | To steal |
| Revile | To use abusive language; quarrelsome |
