| A | B |
|---|
| enmity | Hatred |
| peruse | To examine; read with great care |
| erroneous | mistaken |
| recluse | A person who leads a solitary life; someone who withdraws from others |
| garner | To collect |
| renounce | To reject; give up; cast off |
| languish | To lose strength; fail in health; be weak |
| incite | to stir up |
| herectic | A person who holds unpopular or unaccedpted beliefs; dissenter; nonconformist |
| blasphemy | Disrespect toward something sacred or important; irreverence |
| appall | To horrify; dismay |
| cognizant | Aware |
| commiserate | To sympathize; express compassion |
| expedient | Self-serving; convenient |
| scrutinize | to examine |
| kindle | To stir up; arouse |
| lavish | extravagant |
| ludicrous | ridiculous; laughable |
| negligent | Careless |
| hindrance | An obstacle; impediment |
| equivocal | open to more than one interpretation and often intended to mislead |
| uniform | all or always the same; without variety |
| contract | to reduce in size; become compressed |
| clamor | a loud outcry; hubbub |
| duplicity | deliberate deceptiveness; deceit |
| stagnant | not moving; not flowing; motionless |
| vilify | to make abusive statements about |
| rescind | to repeal; take back |
| irresolute | uncertain how to think or act; undecided |
| untenable | unable to be held or defended; insupportable |
| obtuse | slow to understand; dull |
| affable | friendly; easy to get along with |
| apocryphal | of doubtful authenticity; not genuine |
| desultory | moving from one thing to another in an unplanned way |
| garbled | mixed up to such an extent as to be misleading or incomprehensible |
| irascible | easily angered; irritable |
| loquacious | very talkative |
| opaque | difficult to understand or explain; obscure; incomprehensible |
| paucity | a scarcity; an insufficiency |
| garbled | Mixed up to such an extent as to be misleading or incomprehensible |
| edifice | a bulding, especially of large, imposing size |
| infraction | a breaking of a low or rule |
| diatribe | a bitter, abusively critical speech or piece of writing |
| assuage | to relieve; lessen |
| cacophony | Harsh, discordant sounds |
| somber | Solemn; sad and depressing; melancholy |
| censure | Blame; a rebuke |
| gravity | Severity; weighty importance |
| profane | showing disrespect or contempt for sacred things |
| accolade | praise; an expression of approval |
