| A | B |
|---|
| imbroglio | a complicated and embarassing situation |
| peccadillo | a slight sin |
| braggadocio | empty boasting |
| penury | abject poverty |
| megalomania | grandiose delusions of one's own importance |
| anomaly | something that is irregular or inconsistent |
| panacea | a cure for all ills |
| fiasco | a miserable and ridiculous failure |
| rationalize | to react unconsciously with a worthy motive for a discreditable act |
| idiosyncrasy | a characteristic peculiarity |
| elite | the best or most capable part of any group |
| parvenu | one who flaunts, somewhat vulgarly, newly attained wealth |
| malinger | to feign sickness to shirk work or duty |
| jingoism | favoring a warlike foreign policy |
| intelligentsia | the intellegent and educated classes |
| chicanery | mean, petty trickery |
| banal | commonplace; without sparkle or originality |
