| A | B |
|---|
| abridge | to shorten; to reduce, diminish, or curtail; to condense |
| antipathy | strong dislike; opposition to; hatred; an intense negative feeling |
| belie | to misrepresent; to falsify; to conceal the truth |
| bolster | to support, to prop up; to strengthen anything weak |
| contend | to compete; to do battle against; to assert or argue |
| diffident | timid, shy, lacking confidence, withdrawn |
| elusive | hard to hold; difficult to find, identify, or understand |
| eminent | famous; distinguished; prominent |
| fallacious | misleading; deceptive; falsely reasoned |
| gratuitous | given freely; uncalled-for; without sense or reason |
| hyperbole | extreme exaggeration; overstatement |
| intermittent | occurring off and on; at intervals |
| ludicrous | ridiculous, absurd, laughable |
| opaque | unable to be penetrated by light; extremely unclear |
| pervasive | widespread; distributed everywhere |
| rebuff | a rejection OR to reject rudely; to drive or beat back |
| repertoire | a list of skills, methods, or performance pieces |
| revere | to honor and admire profoundly |
| transgression | crossing over a boundary or limit; violation of a rule or custom |
| chide | to scold, to voice disapproval to |
