| A | B |
|---|
| abhor | despise |
| abhor | to hate |
| abrupt | sudden and rude |
| accentuate | to emphasize or show off |
| accidental | not on purpose |
| accustom | to become used to |
| accustomed | used to |
| acknowledge | recognize or admit to be true |
| aggravate | annoy |
| aghast | shocked |
| agile | athletic and quick |
| agility | speed and athletic quickness |
| ajar | open |
| aloof | distant or reserved or oblivious |
| ambition | drive to succeed |
| ambitious | goal oriented and determined |
| ample | enough |
| annihilate | destroy |
| antic | trick |
| antsy | unable to sit still |
| anxious | nervous |
| apparent | clear or obvious |
| ardent | passionate |
| articulate | well spoken and clear |
| articulate | speak |
| astonished | shocked |
| audible | able to be heard |
| awkward | strange and uncomfortable |
| backlash | violent reaction in response to negative news |
| balk | stop and complain |
| banish | expel |
| benevolent | kind and generous |
| bewildered | completely surprised and shocked |
| bewilderment | complete astonishment |
| bizarre | strange |
| bluff | trick |
| bold | confident |
| brilliant | bright or intelligent |
| brusque | abrupt or harsh |
| brutal | vicious |
| brutality | violence |
| censor | take out explicit material |
| chastise | scold |
| commence | begin |
| commotion | chaos |
| complacency | satisfaction |
| complacent | not caring or satisfied with low results |
| complex | involved and complicated |
| complexion | skin tone |
| complicate | make more involved |
| complicated | very involved |
| composure | temperament |
| confide | tell a secret |
| confront | to face in a challenge or come face to face |
| confrontation | physical or verbal conflict |
| conscious | aware |
| console | make feel better |
| consume | eat or take in |
| contempt | hatred |
| convey | to show |
| conviction | strong belief |
| courteous | polite |
| cower | pull back in fear |
| cringe | cower |
| defend | protect |
| defer | put off |
| defiant | not following orders of an authority |
| delirium | a daze or state of complete confusion |
| desperate | urgently needing something |
| despicable | worthy of being hated or despised |
| despise | abhor |
| detest | despise |
| dilapidated | broken down |
| disheveled | unorganized |
| disillusioned | disappoint |
| dismal | depressing |
| disparage | talk badly about |
| dissuade | persuade against |
| distinguish | set apart |
| distraught | upset and distressed |
| docile | meek and too easily doing what others demand |
| dumbfounded | shocked |
| dumbstruck | shocked and astonished |
| duplicitous | deceitful |
| dutiful | describes someone who does what they are expected to do |
| dwindle | decrease |
| earnest | enthusiastic and sincere |
| eerie | spooky |
| effervesce | give off light or energy |
| effervescent | showing high spirits and bubbly |
| elated | extremely happy |
| elusive | difficult to understand |
| emotional | having a lot of feelings |
| emphatic | a strong feeling |
| encounter | meet unexpectedly |
| energetic | having a lot of energetic |
| enigma | puzzle |
| enigmatic | confusing |
| envious | jealous |
| envy | be jealous of |
| envy | jealousy |
| ethereal | delicate and light and supernatural |
| euphoric | happy |
| even tempered | calm and easygoing |
| eventual | going to happen at some point |
| exhausted | extremely tired |
| expedite | to speed up |
| expeditious | to speed up |
| extraordinary | exceptional and beyond great |
| fabricate | lie |
| fabrication | lie |
| facetious | sarcastic |
| ferocity | aggression |
| flourish | grow |
| flustered | confused |
| forlorn | depressed and lonely |
| fortify | make stronger |
| futile | useless or hopeless |
