| A | B |
|---|
| advocacy | support of an idea or cause |
| artful | skillful, clever, tricky Synonyms>> crafty, cunning, foxy, sly |
| askew | out of line, slanted Synonyms>> crooked |
| bucolic | rustic, rural, unsophisticated; Synonyms >> georgic pastoral |
| chaste | morally pure; Synonyms >> pure, modest, decent |
| compost | a composition of largely decaying matter used as fertilizer |
| curmudgeon | a surly, ill-mannered person; a grumpy person -- usually an old man |
| disrepute | disgrace, loss of reputation; Synonyms >> ignominy, infamy |
| foliated | split into thin layers |
| hydrophobia | fear of water |
| junta | a group of people who join in running a government (after a revolution) |
| latitude | freedom of action or opinion |
| malediction | curse |
| nadir | the lowest point |
| palpable | tangible, perceptible, easily noticeable |
| phoenix | person of unmatched beauty; something rising from apparent destruction |
| pillage | to rob or to take by force, to plunder; Synonyms >> despoil, devastate, ravage, sack, waste (especially in a war situation) |
| prepossessing | pleasing or creating a favorable impression |
| rabid | raging, furious, fanatical |
| sedulously | very diligent, accomplishing with painstaking care |
| stark | harsh, grim, or desolate; extremely simple or severe; Synonyms >> dreary |
| tangible | capable of being touched; real or actual rather than imaginary |
| unassailable | undisputable, not able to be attacked with success |
| vile | wretchedly bad; highly offensive, unpleasant or objectionable |
| witticism | a clever and witty remark |
