| A | B |
|---|
| adroit | skillful, adept |
| broach | to open up for the first time |
| commission | to authorize or order; to send on a mission; to give a commission to |
| cupidity | greed |
| disjunction | act of disjoining |
| dynamic | producing an effect of energetic movement or progression |
| ensconce | to settle comfortably |
| facsimile | a reproduction or exact copy |
| fulsome | excess to the point of disgust, extreme lavishness |
| germinal | being in the earliest stage of development |
| impoundment | the act of being seized and held in the custody of the law |
| insufferable | not to be endured; intolerable; unbearable |
| largess | generous giving |
| pall | to lose interest or attraction, to become wearisome |
| phobia | fear of something or a situation |
| premonition | a forewarning; a feeling of anxiety over a future event |
| quash | to set aside or to suppress forcibly |
| restitution | restoration of or compensation for something taken from a rightful owner |
| retrenchment | the act of cutting down or off as by the reduction of expenses |
| sedentary | characterized by a sitting posture |
| stand | a determined effort for or against something; a determined position taken |
| table | to put aside or to postpone (usually relates to parliamentary procedure) |
| turpitude | depravity |
| vignette | a short descriptive literary sketch or a short scene from a movie |
| wistful | having unfulfilled longing or yearning |
