| A | B |
|---|
| incongruous | Not matching, not appropriate to the situation |
| cerebral | Very intelligent, intellectual |
| malicious | Very unkind and cruel, and deliberately behaving in a way that is likely to upset or hurt someone |
| tantalize | To offer but not satisfy, to tempt |
| posterity | All the people in the future who will be alive after you are dead |
| ambiguous | Confusing, able to be understood in different ways |
| noncommittal | Deliberately not expressing your opinion or intentions clearly |
| subterfuge | A secret trick or slightly dishonest way of doing something, or the use of this secret trick |
| eradicate | To destroy completely, to eliminate |
| ingratiate | To get respect by doing nice things; to try very hard to get someone’s approval |
| panacea | Something that people think will make everything better and solve all their problems; a “cure all” |
| credible | Believable |
| regurgitate | To repeat something without any critical thinking; to repeat facts, ideas etc that you have read or heard without thinking about them yourself |
| fluctuate | To change, move up and down or back and forth |
| veer | To turn sharply, to change direction; opinions, ideas, attitudes, etc. that gradually change and become quite different |
