| A | B |
|---|
| aesthetic | pertaining to beauty |
| defunct | no longer in existence or functioning |
| discomfit | to frustrate, thwart, defeat, confuse |
| espouse | to take up and support; become attached to |
| fetish | unreasonable affection for an object; magical object |
| gregarious | very sociable; living together in herd |
| hapless | consistently unlucky |
| impeccable | faultless, beyond criticism or blame |
| importune | to beg or trouble with demands often |
| interpolate | to insert between other parts or thoughts; an addition or correction |
| irreparable | unable of being repaired or rectified |
| laconic | concise; brief |
| languish | to become weak; feeble; depressed |
| mendacious | given to lying or deception; untrue |
| nadir | the lowest point |
| omnipresent | existing everywhere always |
| perfunctory | done in a supericial way; halfhearted |
| plaintive | expressive of sorrow or woe, melancholy |
| requite | to make repayment, as in a kindness or injury; reciprocate |
| tantamount | equivalent; equal to |
