| A | B |
|---|
| abrogate | to repeal, cancel, declare null and void |
| ambient | completely surrounding, encompassing |
| asperity | roughness, severity; bitterness or tartness |
| burnish | to polish; gloss or brightness |
| cabal | a small group working in secret |
| delectable | delightful; an appealing food or dish |
| deprecate | to mildly disapprove; to belittle |
| detritus | bits of material from disintegration; fragments from destruction |
| ebullient | overflowing with enthusiasm; bubbling |
| eclectic | drawn from different sources; one whose beliefs are from differing sources |
| flaccid | imp, not firm; lacking vigor or effectiveness |
| impecunious | having little or no money |
| inexorable | inflexible; relentless; unyielding |
| moribund | dying; on the way out |
| necromancer | one who claims to reveal the future through magic or communication with dead |
| onerous | burdensome; involving hardship or difficulty |
| rife | common; widespread; replete |
| rudiments | parts of a subject learned first; earliest stages of anything |
| sequester | to set apart, separate for a special purpose |
| winnow | to get rid of something unwanted; to remove chaff from wheat |
