| A | B |
|---|
| appreciate | to increase in value |
| bigot | one who is utterly intolerant of any creed or belief differing from his own |
| chaff | material separated from the seed after threshing, worthless matter |
| cliché | an overworked expression, a trite statement |
| couple | to join or to link together |
| discretion | ability to act on one's own power of individual decision |
| emollient | something that soothes or softens |
| fatalistic | belief that events are predetermined and cannot be altered |
| gamely | in a positive and spirited approach to a task, with unyielding spirit |
| idiosyncrasy | a characteristic habit or mannerism that is peculiar to an individual |
| ignominy | disgraceful or dishonorable conduct |
| indices | plural of index, guides |
| infidel | a person who has no religious faith; unbeliever |
| malinger | to pretend or to feign illness to avoid work or duty |
| motley | exhibiting great diversity of elements; heterogeneous |
| ossify | to change or to harden into bone, to be rigidly conventional |
| pestilence | a deadly epidemic disease; something considered harmful or evil |
| preciosity | meticulousness, extreme fastidiousness |
| scurry | to hurry about, to scamper |
| sophomoric | immature and poorly informed |
| surly | churlishly rude or bad-tempered; unfriendly, hostile |
| transgression | violation of a law or command; sin |
| vent | to give utterance to |
| verify | to prove the truth of; to confirm; to substantiate |
| wheedle | to try to convince by flattery, to coax, to cajole |
