| A | B |
|---|
| apprise | V to inform or give notice |
| cloister | V to seclude or to confine |
| Constrict | V to tighten or make narrow |
| fanaticism | enthusiasm or zeal that is excessively irrational |
| feint | N a false appearance, a fake punch |
| gnarl | V to twist extensively |
| hoary | adj white with age |
| infernal | adj relating to hell, hellish |
| jaunty | ADJ stylish and lively in manner or appearance |
| malefactor | N a criminal |
| obstreperous | ADJ marked by aggresive noiseness; stubbornly defiant |
| progeny | N children, descendants, offspring |
| replicate | V to repeat, copy or duplicate |
| ruminate | V to consider for a long time, to ponder, muse |
| unobstrusive | ADJ not readily noticeable, inconspicuous |
| assimilate | V to take in or to incorporate as one's own |
| begrudge | V to resent, to envy another's possession |
| commodious | ADJ affording sample space and room |
| conglomerate | N a mixture of many things, corporation |
| dissolution | N disintegretation, dispersion |
| evocative | adj calling forth, calling to mind |
| impel | V to urge, to drive with moral pressure |
| intercede | V to intervene and to act as a mediator |
| lugubrious | adj excessively mournful, melancholy |
| mutinous | ADJ rebellious, unruly, insubordinate |
| perennial | adj lasting for many years, perpetual, constant |
| potent | adj powerful, having a strong effect |
| retrograde | adj moving backward, backward, receeding |
| skewed | ADJ curved, crooked, slanting |
| supersede | V to replace, to be displaced |
| abrogate | V to abolish, bullify (to establish) |
| adamant | adj inflexible, stubborn (yielding) |
| colloquial | adj informal in language, coversational (formal) |
| defuse | V to remove or lessen the danger or hostility, to neutralize (to intensify) |
| egregious | adj very bad, shocking (pleasant) |
| immunity | N resistance, usually to a disease, resistance (vulnerability) |
| impale | V to pierce, to spear |
| libertarian | N one who favors absolute liberty and free will, open minded (oppressive) |
| Mired | adj stuck or entangled, hindered (free) |
| palliate | V to ease pain, guilt, or intensity, to ameliorate (to worsen) |
| skulk | V to move in a sneaky way, to slink, creep (to be open) |
| tarry | V to delay in coming or going, to linger (to depart quickly) |
| tawdry | adj cheap and gaudy in appearance, garish (refined) |
| pernicious | very destructive or harmful, deadly (harmless) |
| utopian | adj perfect, ideal (distopia) |
| beguile | V to deceive or mislead |
| Connoisseur | N a person who is able to judge in matters of art or taste |
| debauchery | N moral corruption, debasement |
| diatribe | N bitter denunciation or criticism |
| Ebullient | adj overflowing with enthusiaism or excitement |
| foliage | N leaves of a plant |
| Germinate | V to sprout or to evolve |
| gratis | N free |
| lachrymose | N tearful, sorrowful |
| legerdemain | N slight of hand, deception or trickery |
| lurid | adj sensational, gruesome or causing horror |
| muse | V to ponder, to meditate |
| rectitude | N state of moral integrity |
| rend | V to tear violently |
| schism | N a division of a group into two discordant groups |
