| A | B |
|---|
| confection | A beautifully prepared sweet food; something, especially a piece of clothing or building, that is very delicate and complicated, or has a lot of decoration |
| propriety | Correctness of social or moral behavior or good manners |
| colloquial | Language or words that are used mainly in informal conversations rather than in writing or formal speech |
| rout | To force someone to run away; (in sports) to defeat another team badly |
| extricate | To escape from a difficult or embarrassing situation, or to help someone escape; to remove someone from a place in which they are trapped |
| jeopardize | To risk losing or spoiling something important; to put in danger |
| adamant | Impossible to persuade, or unwilling to change an opinion or decision |
| mirage | The sight of something that does not exist, created by hot-air conditions, an optical illusion |
| inept | Not good at doing something; not capable or skillful |
| penal | Related to punishment or the legal punishment of criminals, especially in prisons |
| boycott | To refuse to buy a product or take part in an activity as a way of expressing strong disapproval |
| retaliate | To do something bad to someone because of what they did; to strike back |
| disproportionate | Too much or too little in relation to something else |
| preposterous | Completely unreasonable or silly; absurd |
| insinuate | To say something which seems to mean something unpleasant without saying it openly, especially suggesting that someone is being dishonest; to imply |
