| A | B |
|---|
| alienate | to make hostile or unfriendly, to estrange |
| alienation | alienate RW - estrangement from persons to whom one was once attached, or from anythign of which one was once a part |
| abstain | to refrain, keep oneself from |
| abstemious | abstain RW - a person who eats and drinks sparingly or moderately |
| refrain | abstain RW - to keep from acting or responding to a stimulus or a provocation |
| forbear | abstain RW - implies self-restraint growing out of patience, consideration, or tolerance |
| desist | abstain RW - to cease doing something |
| assess | to estimate; to impose a tax, fine, payment |
| appraise | assess RW - to set a price or value upon something |
| evaluate | assess RW - to estimate the merits of a plan or performance |
| assimilate | to absorb, incorporate, make or become like or part of (that which incorporates it) |
| cajole | to coax or wheedle, persuade by flattery |
| blandishments | cajole RW - flattering remarks (a kind of cajolery which stresses the element of flattery more than persuasion) |
| persiflage | cajole RW - banter, raillery (a light, sometimes frivolous way of speaking to amuse, not to induce someone to do something) |
| concede | to admit, yield, grant |
| concession | concede RW - a privilege granted to someone |
| condescend | to come down to another's level, deign |
| patronizing | condescend RW - a condescending way to show favor or kindness |
| deprecate | to disapprove, protest against |
| imprecate | deprecate RW - to pray against or curse |
| dissipate | to dispel, waste, live dissolutely |
| dissolute | dissipate RW - immoral, profligate (given to vice), and wanton |
| elicit | to draw forth (information) |
| educe | elicit RW - draw or lead information forth |
| extract | elicit RW - to drag or pull information out, overcoming reluctance by insistence |
| extort | elicit RW - to use threats, force, or unusual pressure |
| emaciate | to make very lean |
| exasperate | to irritate thoroughly, infuriate |
| asperity | exasperate RW - harshness or roughness of manner, weather, sound, or materials |
| acerbity | exasperate RW - sharper, more bitter than asperity, but also harsh, especially in temper and words |
| exacerbate | exasperate RW - to make a problem or difference sharp, sour, irritating |
| aggravate | exasperate RW - make something worse |
| altercation | an angry dispute or quarrel |
| dissension | altercation RW - strong feeling against a regime, situation, or belief |
| feud | altercation RW - little war which may go on for years and may range from recurring exchanges of insults between two persons |
| fracas | altercation RW - a noisy fight, quarrel, or brawl |
| litigation | altercation RW - the sometimes dramatic process of legal dispute |
| dispute | altercation RW - a verbal argument or quarrel |
| imbroglio | altercation RW - a confused entanglement or disagreement |
| anguish | intense suffering |
| agony | anguish RW - extreme torment, with undertones of struggle |
| mortification | anguish RW - indicate suffering from embarrassment, shame, or humiliation |
| chagrin | anguish RW - indicate suffering from embarrassment, shame, or humiliation |
| ordeal | anguish RW - a severe trial of one's courage, fortitude, endurance, or skill |
| tribulation | anguish RW - prolonged misery, distress, affliction, or sorrow |
| purgatory | anguish RW - a place of prolonged expiation and purification by which one qualifies for Paradise |
| crucifixion | anguish RW - an especially prolonged and harrowing ordeal |
| apparition | specter or phantom, a sudden appearing |
| phantom | apparition RW - exists only in the mind and is thus an illusion |
| specter | apparition RW - something seen, a visible ghost or apparition, or any object of fear and dread |
| aura | apparition RW - a kind a vapor or mysterious atmosphere surrounding a person |
| poltergeist | apparition RW - a noisy, usually mischievous, ghost supposed to specialize in table rappings, furniture topplings, and other such happenings |
| ectoplasm | apparition RW - the luminous aura allegedly emanating from the body of a spiritist medium during a trance |
| zombi(e) | apparition RW - a corpse animated by a diabolic power, or just a person either chilling and terrible or dull and unattractive |
| banshee | apparition RW - a female spirit wailing a warning of an imminent death in the family |
| barrage | a shower (of artillery fire), a heavy onslaught |
| slavo | barrage RW - a furst of fire from small arms or artillery, or a burst of cheers or applause |
| fusillade | barrage RW - the discharge of many firearms all at once or in rapid succession - or a figurative equivalent like an outburst of boos at a prize fight |
| clairvoyant | one who has unusual or perternatural insight |
| preternatural | clairvoyant RW - powers that are beyond what is natural and normal |
| duplicity | double-dealing, deception |
| facade | the front, or face |
| holocaust | widespread destruction, especially by fire |
| holograph | holocaust RW - something written wholly in the handwriting of the author |
| conflagration | holocaust RW - a very large fire |
