| A | B |
|---|
| pernicious | harmful or deadly, or intending to cause harm |
| diminutive | very small |
| appease | bring peace; to satisfy |
| integrity | honest; of high moral quality |
| oblivious | not conscious of something, especially what is happening around you |
| censure | harsh criticism or disapproval |
| abhor | to hate or reject something very strongly |
| brandish | to wave something in the air in a threatening or excited way |
| tarry | to delay leaving; to linger, wait; to remain or stay for a while |
| impede | be a hindrance or obstacle to |
| augment | expand, enlarge |
| palpable | obvious, evident |
| appall | fill with apprehension, alarm, or disgust |
| carousing | riotously drunken merrymaking |
| equivocate | speak vaguely or ambiguously, especially in order to mislead |
| scruples | suspicions |
| consort | keep company with |
| rebuke | act of criticizing or reprimanding in a sharp or strict manner |
| bide | wait calmly or plan for a good opportunity |
| covet | envy; wish for, long for, or crave something |
| uncanny | seeming to have supernatural or mysterious character or origin |
| remonstrate | say in protest or object to |
| reparation | repair; make amends; make up for an injury or a wrong |
| affliction | illness or suffering |
| reprisal | something, especially an injury done in return for an injury received |
| vehemently | violently (manner of speaking) |
| resolute | determined |
| assail | attack by people or problems/difficulties |
| accrue | increase over time |
| arbitrate | settle by listening to both sides |
| benign | kind; gracious |
| guile | sly dealings; skill in deceiving |
| disburse | to pay out money, especially from a fund |
| plight | a condition, state, or situation that is typically unfavorable |
| disdain | strong contempt or feeling of scorn |
| harbinger | anything that foreshadows a future event |
| recompense | pay someone for doing work; compensate someone for an injury or loss |
| surmise | guess based on incomplete facts; speculate |
| chastise | to punish or to scold |
| beguile | to take away from by cheating or deceiving |
| augment | expand, enlarge |
| palpable | obvious, evident |
| appall | fill with apprehension, alarm; strike with disgust |
| carousing | — used of riotously drunken merrymaking |
| equivocate | to speak vaguely or ambiguously, especially in order to mislead |
