| A | B |
|---|
| altruistic | unselfishly concerned for the welfare of others |
| ambivalent | having contrary feeling or attitudes, uncertain |
| angular | lean; sharp cornered; gaunt |
| arrogant | overbearingly proud; haughty |
| aversion | disliking |
| discern | to differentiate between two or more things |
| disdain | intense dislike; to treat with scorn or contempt |
| disparage | to degrade, to speak of someone or something in a derogatory way |
| disparity | inequality, the condition or fact of being unequal |
| embellish | to decorate, to make beautiful with ornamentation |
| engender | to cause, to produce, to create |
| innocuous | harmless, producing no injury |
| insipid | boring and stupid |
| lament | to mourn or to express sorrow in a demonstrative manner |
| laud | to praise, to extol |
| obscure | difficult to see, vague |
| ostentatious | showy, pretentious |
| prodigal | wasteful, a person given to extravagance |
| repudiate | to reject, to disown, to disavow |
| reticence | restraint in speech, reluctance to seak |
| revere | to honor, to regard with respect |
| serene | calm, placid |
| subtle | delicate, elusive, not obvious |
| superfluous | beyond what is needed or required, an overflow |
| taciturn | quiet, not verbose |
