| A | B |
|---|
| ambivalent | (adj) having mixed or conflicting feelings |
| beneficent | (adj) kind, charitable |
| betrothed | 1 (n) a person who is engaged; 2 (adj) promised in marriage |
| congenital | (adj) existing from birth [describes a condition or trait] |
| consensus | 1 (n) general agreement. 2 (n) decision reached via common opinion |
| interminable | (adj) unending; constant or endlessly repeating |
| intrepid | (adj) showing courage; brave and adventurous |
| repugnant | (adj) distasteful; repulsive |
| sallow | (adj) grayish yellow (as a complexion); unhealthily pale |
| sortie | (n) a sudden attack from a defensive position or base |
| adamant | (adj) inflexible; allowing no denial |
| antagonize | (v) to make an enemy of; to oppose |
| archives | (n) 1.public records 2.the place these records are kept |
| autocrat | (n) a ruler with unlimited power; a dictator |
| factious | (adj) causing disunity; quarrelsome |
| frustrate | (v) to prevent; to cause discouragement |
| peremptory | (adj) unbreakable; unyielding |
| procrastinate | (v) put off or delay |
| resilient | (adj) 1.easily recovering or springing back |
| supplication | (n) 1. a prayer or humble, earnest request 2.the act of asking humbly |
| incoherent | (adj) impossible to understand because of disorganization or a lack of cohesion |
| provocation | (n) 1.something that causes anger or excitement 2.the act of making a provocation |
| plebeian | 1.(n) a member of the common class (from the PLEBS of ancient Rome) 2. (adj) belonging to a low social class |
| incredulous | (adj) showing extreme disbelief or doubt; disbelieving |
| query | 1.(n) a question 2.(v) to question |
| exonerate | (verb) 1.to clear of a charge or accusation 2.to relieve of a responsibility |
| secular | (adj) 1.worldly or temporal rather than religious or sacred 2.not belonging to a religious order |
| expedite | (v) to make something happen more quickly by hurrying or prioritizing |
| shibbeloth | (n) 1.a word, saying, or other linguistic convention that is identified with members of a specific group 2.a common custom or belief, esp. one that has lost its validity or relevance |
| forgo | (verb) to refrain from; to pass up |
| blithe | (adj) happy,joyful,carefree |
| cede | (v) to yield or give up, to transfer or render title to |
| chagrin | (n) a feeling of disappointment, distress, or embarrassment |
| debonair | (adj) graceful, charming, and smooth, seemingly carefree |
| fiial | (adj) of or expected from a son or daughter, or a parent's or parent's offspring |
| interpose | (v) to put between, to insert between parts, to interject during a conversation, to intervene |
| intrinsic | (adj) belonging to a thing by its essential nature, inherent, real |
| precipitate | (v) to cause something to happen, to bring about quickly or suddenly, reckless, rash, acting hastily or impulsively |
| proficient | (adj) advanced in a particular art or science, skilled, expert, qualified |
| remission | (n) a release from a debt or duty, a lessening of intensity, a diminishing |
| palleate | (v.) to ease without curing; to alleviate; to make (a crime or offense) appear less serious; to lessen the intensity of something |
| assail | (v.) to attack violently; to assualt; to attack with arguments, words, or questions |
| altercation | (n.) an angry argument |
| phalanx | (n.) a formation of massed soldiers; a closely united group |
| predecessor | (n.) a person who precedes another in an office or a position |
| acquiesce | (v.) to give in to or consent to without protest and without enthusiasm |
| deprecate | (v.) to express strong disapproval of something; to plead against; to belittle |
| beleaguer | (v.) to besiege or surround with troops; to beset; to harrass |
| brunt | (n.) the main shock or force of a blow or attack; the heaviest part of an accusation or attack |
| redress | (n.) a correction; a reparation; a relief; (v.) to set something right; to remedy |
