| A | B |
|---|
| adominable | repungantly hateful (abhorrent) |
| abscond | to leave secretly and hide (flee) |
| castigate | to punish or to criticize (to chastise) |
| comatose | unconscious (lethargic) |
| consolidate | to make solid, to unite |
| despondency | depression, dejection |
| destitution | state of being extremely poor |
| eddy | a current of air or water moving contrary to the main current |
| inopportune | inconvient, poorly timed (unfortunate) |
| nonchalance | indifference, a showing of little interest |
| primordial | original, existing at the beginning (primitive) |
| rudimentary | consisting in first principles, relating to basic skills (fundamental) |
| sonnet | a poem with 14 lines |
| tantamount | equivalent in vlaue or significance |
| turgid | swollen |
| burly | ADJ great in bodily size, muscular, brawny |
| cavalier | N an armed horseman, a knight |
| chagrin | N vexation through humiliation, disappointment |
| defoliate | V to deprive of leaves |
| effigy | N a dummy or image of a person who is not liked |
| eon | N a long period of time, an age |
| fervent | ADJ showing great emotion, ardent, passionate |
| ingenuity | N cleverness, deftness |
| insidious | ADJ treacherous or dangerous in a secret way, sinister |
| plethora | N superabundance, excess |
| quack | N an unqualified or fake person |
| rustic | ADJ relating to the country, rural |
| sovereign | ADJ possessed of controlling power, dominant |
| truncate | V to shorten by cutting, to trim |
| undulant | ADJ moving with or resembling a wavelike motion, wavy |
| abyss | N a bottomless hole, chasm |
| acrid | ADJ caustic, biting, sharp |
| baleful | ADJ destructive, deadly |
| dogma | N a system of beliefs or principles |
| edifice | N a very large building |
| enumerate | V to count one by one, to list |
| grate | V to annoy, irritate |
| maudlin | ADJ overly sentimental, mushy |
| pique | N resentment, irritation |
| propensity | N preference, natural inclination |
| refute | V to disprove, to counter, rebut |
| supple | ADJ flexible, easily bent, pliable |
| travail | N hard work, labor |
| understate | V to show lack of emphasis, to minimize |
| vibrant | ADJ full of life, vivacious |
