| A | B |
|---|
| aesthetic | pertaining to the sense of the beautiful |
| ambulatory | pertaining to or capable of walking |
| antebellum | before the war |
| antipathy | repugnance; aversion |
| atrophy | to waste away or degenerate |
| candid | frank; outspoken |
| cantankerous | ill-natured; quarrelsome |
| charlatan | a quack |
| digress | to deviate or wander away from the main point |
| garrulous | given to much talking |
| interlude | an intervening episode, period, space, etc. |
| loquacious | talkative |
| meander | to proceed by a winding course |
| mundane | of or pertaining to the earth; worldly |
| plethora | overfullness; superabundance |
| prodigal | wastefully or recklessly extravagant |
| provincial | belonging to some particular province; local |
| rend | to separate into parts with force or violence |
| solicit | to seek for by entreaty; to entreat or petition for something |
| succinct | expressed in few words; characterized by verbal brevity |
| taciturn | inclined to silence; reserved in speech |
