| A | B |
|---|
| galvanize | to stimulate, excite |
| iterate | to utter again, repeat |
| reiterate | iterate RW - to repeat or keep repeating something |
| recapitulate | iterate RW - to summarize the main points you have made |
| tautology | iterate RW - needless reiteration of an idea in other words or phrases |
| redundant | iterate RW - wordy, excessive |
| nurture | to nourish, foster, rear |
| cherish | nurture RW - to cling to something with affection |
| espouse | nurture RW - to adopt and support an idea as one does a husband or wife |
| ostracize | to banish, exclude |
| banishment | ostracize RW |
| exile | ostracize RW |
| deportation | ostracize RW |
| expatriation | ostracize RW - you banish your country by leaving it |
| prevaricate | to evade the truth, lie or quibble |
| mendacity | prevaricate RW - simple, deliberate lying not always intended to mislead |
| fabrication | prevaricate RW - creative or imaginative lying |
| duplicity | prevaricate RW - double-dealing with its deceitful effects |
| perjury | prevaricate RW - deceit or lies, especially in court under oath |
| counterfeit | prevaricate RW - a deceptive imitation of what it represents |
| simulation | prevaricate RW - acting or pretending, sometimes to deceive, often to entertain |
| dissimulation | prevaricate RW - forms of deliberate, unqualified pretense, which appear more often under other names |
| hypocrisy | prevaricate RW - the feigning of qualities opposite to the ones actually possessed |
| forgery | prevaricate RW - found in a signature, article, book, or artwork which purports to be someone else's but is actually your own fabrication |
| scrutinize | to examine closely |
| inscrutable | scrutinize RW - beyond comprehension |
| transfigure | to transform, glorify |
| transmute | transfigure RW - implies a complete change in the nature or form of a quality or substance |
| metamorphose | transfigure RW - a complete change of form in a living organism |
| vacillate | to waver or be changeable |
| venerate | to regard with deep respect, revere |
| deference | venerate RW - respectfulness, but not so reverent as veneration |
| adoration | venerate RW - deep affection with awe and reverence |
| venerable | venerate RW |
| beatified | venerate RW |
| canonized | venerate RW |
| vitiate | to contaminate, debase, or render worthless |
| debauch | vitiate RW - to lead a person morally astray in the grosser ways of sensual indulgence |
| deprave | vitiate RW - to corrupt a person, especially in the sense of debasing his character |
| pervert | vitiate RW - to turn a person away from right thinking or actions |
| articulate | spoken distinctly, able to express (oneself) |
| juvenile | youthful, for children, immature |
| puerile | juvenile RW - childish in an uncomplimentary sense (often applied to adults) |
| lucrative | profitable, remunerative |
| mercenary | acting from desire for money |
| cupidity | mercenary RW - greed or excessive desire for wealth |
| avarice | mercenary RW - an active, grasping appetite for money or gain |
| niggardliness | mercenary RW - stinginess that pays the smallest amount possible for articles purchased |
| parsimoniousness | mercenary RW - excessive frugality and economy to the point of niggardliness |
| penuriousness | mercenary RW - carries stinginess to a point where one appears poverty-stricken |
| miserliness | mercenary RW - carries avarice to the point of penuriousness, or beyond |
| pallid | pale, wan |
| anemic | pallid RW - paleness that is often a result of disease and implies weakness |
| sallow | pallid RW - looks yellowish and unhealthy |
| ghastly | pallid RW - very pale, like a ghost |
| cadaverous | pallid RW - pale like a corpse |
| hoary | pallid RW - white or gray with age |
| ashen | pallid RW - paleness that suggests fright or terror |
| livid | pallid RW - gray or blue gray face |
| pious | outwardly religious, godly |
| devout | pious RW - a person who is vervent and deeply religious |
| orthodox | pious RW - a person who holds closely to traditional or standard beliefs or practices |
| provident | exercising foresight, thrifty |
| providence | provident RW - used as a synonym for Deity |
| providential | provident RW - may mean fortunate or lucky |
| tolerant | forbearing, respectful |
| turbulent | disorderly, tumultuous |
| turbid | turbulent RW - muddy or muddled |
| perturb | turbulent RW - swollen, distended, or bombastic to the point of seeming muddled |
| turbine | turbulent RW - implies agitation or disorder |
| vicious | evil, destructive, savage |
| villainous | vicious RW - the acts of a villain |
| diabolical | vicious RW - devilish acts |
| nefarious | vicious RW - very evil deeds |
