| A | B |
| amenity | N agreeable ways or manners. |
| anathema | N a vigorous denunciation |
| atypical | ADJ unusual, odd |
| concert | N agreement in purpose or feeling |
| confluence | ADJ a coming together |
| corpulence | N a state of being very fat |
| endemic | ADJ particular to or a trait of a certain group |
| indict | V to charge or to accuse |
| latent | ADJ dormant, not visible |
| monumental | ADJ massive, very great |
| oscillating | ADJ moving back and forth |
| pithy | ADJ concise and meaningful |
| premeditated | ADJ thought-out beforehand |
| presage | something that foreshadows a future event |
| quixotic | ADJ idealistic but impractical |
| antediluvian | adj very, very old, ancient |
| denigrate | V to belittle, to insult |
| doleful | adj having great sorrow, depressed |
| epilogue | N a short addition to a literary work |
| epitaph | N an inscription on a tombstone |
| foible | N slight fault, vice |
| garish | adj crudely or tastelessly colorful or showy, gaudy |
| ostracize | V to exclude from society or a group, to exile |
| patronizing | adj having a condescending attitude, talking down to someone |
| plenitude | adj adundance, a lot of something |
| raconteur | N a storyteller, narrator |
| resonant | adj echoing, loud, booming |
| sequester | V to seclude from others, to isolate |
| sumptuous | adj lavish, splendid |
| tinge | N a slight coloring, touch of color, hint |
| altercation | N heated or angry dispute |
| charismatic | adj magnetic personality, alluring |
| convoke | V to summon or call together |
| despicable | adj despicable, very bad |
| florid | adj flowery, flushed with color |
| hiatus | adj gap, pause, break |
| insubordination | n disobiedence to authority |
| montage | N any combination of disparate elements that form a unified picture |
| officious | Adj overly dutiful |
| presumptuous | adj arrogant, audacious |
| relegate | V to assign to an inferior position |
| rescind | V to cancel |
| saturate | V to soak |
| tumultuous | adj marked by disturbance and uproar |
| voracious | adj having a large appetite |