| A | B |
|---|
| waver | to sway; verb |
| lamentable | regrettable; adj |
| gallant | brave; adj |
| eloquence | art of using language persuasively; noun |
| fickle | likely to change, not loyal; adj |
| loathsome | causing feelings of disgust, revolting, repulsive; adj |
| tedious | long, tiresome, causing weariness or boredom; adj |
| abhor | to utterly dislike, hate, loathe; verb |
| imperious | commanding; adj |
| blithe | happy; adj |
| callow | immature; inexperienced; adj |
| repute | reputation; noun |
| implacable | not capable of being changed; adj |
| mettle | vigor, strength of spirit; noun |
| ambiguous | unclear; doubtful; adj |
| tremulous | timid, fearful, characterized by trembling; adj |
| rue | to regret; verb |
| havoc | great destruction; noun |
| contemptible | dispicable; adj |
| assent | the act of going along with; noun |
| peruse | to read carefully; adj |
| restive | restless; anxious; adj |
| suppliant | someone who begs; noun |
| scourge | to punish or criticize severely; verb |
| abberation | a movement away from the usual course; noun |
| benign | harmless; adj |
| cantankerous | gouchy; adj |
| nebullous | vague; unclear; adj |
| elucidate | to make clear; verb |
| ephemeral | short lived; adj |
| impertinence | rudeness; noun |
| demise | the moment of death; noun |
| taciturn | inclined to silence; adj |
| malevolent | evil; adj |
| aloof | seperated; adj |
| eccentric | peculiar; adj |
| indigenous | starting in or relating to a specific place, region, or country; adj |
| erratic | unpredictable; adj |
| auspicious | opportune, favorable; adj |
| benevolence | desire to do good to others; noun |
| pernicious | hurtful; deadly; adj |
| transgressiion | violation of a law; noun |
| heretic | someone who disagrees with an accepted belief; noun |
| grievance | a complaint against an unfair act or condition |
| solace | something that gives comfort; noun |
| agile | quick, graceful; adj |
| procure | to get; verb |
| pensive | thoughtful, dreamy;adj |
| semantics | the meaning (or an interpretation of the meaning) of a word, sign, noun, sentence; etc.-noun |
| Inference | a conclusion or judgement based on apparent evidence-noun |
| Empirical | based on observation or experience-adj |
| Skepticism | an attitude of doubt or disbelief-noun |
| Rhetoric | the effective use of anguage, whether writing or speaking-noun |
| Logic | a proper or reasonable way of thinking about or understanding something-noun |
| Misconstrue | to misunderstand the meaning of; take in a wrong sense; misinterpret-verb |
| Indefatigable | incapable of being tired out; not yielding to fatigue; untiring |
| palpable | Able to be touched or felt; adj |
| Scruples | A feeling that comes from moral uncertainty; noun |
| Futile | pointless, not producing results; adj |
| Medley | an assortment; a mixture of different things; noun |
| Languor | A feeling of exhaustion or laziness; noun |
| Melancholy | sadness, misery, depression; noun |
| Flustered | Agitated, confused, or nervous; adj |
| Regime | a government in power; a system of government, noun |
