| A | B |
|---|
| altercation | N a fight, argument |
| charismatic | ADJ personable, friendly |
| convoke | V to begin, to start |
| hiatus | N a short pause or break |
| montage | N a collection of pieces of work |
| presumptuous | ADJ presuming, overconfident |
| relegate | V to demote, to make lower |
| rescind | V to take back, withdraw |
| tumultuous | adj rowdy, loud |
| voracious | adj possessing a strong hunger |
| amenity | N a service or comfort given |
| anathema | N something hated |
| confluence | adj joining together |
| endemic | adj widespread |
| indict | V to charge with a crime |
| latent | ADJ dormat, appearing later |
| pithy | ADJ concise, terse |
| premeditated | ADJ planned out beforehand |
| presage | N a sign, warning |
| quixotic | adj idealistic in a foolish way |
| denigrate | V to belittle, to put down |
| doleful | adj extremely sad |
| epilogue | N a short selection at the end of a work/novel |
| epitaph | N the writing on a tombstone |
| foible | N a fault |
| ostracize | V to shun or reject |
| plentitude | N an abundance of something |
| raconteur | N someone who is good at telling stories |
| anthology | N a collection of writing |
| exigent | adj urgent |
| subvert | V to undermine |
| explicate | V to explain clearly |
| rejoinder | N a response, reply |
| ardor | N passion |
| lithe | ADJ flexible, graceful |
| usurp | V to overthrow someone |
| dissolution | N the termination of something |
| supersede | V to surpass or to go above |
| bellicose | ADJ extremely angry, warlike |
| intrepid | ADJ brave |
| upbraid | V to scold |
| impudent | ADJ rash, doing without thinking |
| restive | ADJ stubborn |
| assiduous | ADJ hardworking |
| maladroit | ADJ awkward, not graceful |
| vicarious | ADJ secondhard, living through someone else |
| evocative | ADJ suggestive |
| commodious | ADJ spacious |
| cognizant | ADJ aware |
| pluralism | N a diverse group |
| bemuse | V to confuse |
| interred | ADJ buried |
| revile | V to insult |
| concord | N an agreement |
| paradigm | N a model |
| woe | adj sorrow |
| intercede | V to mediate |
| impel | V to urge someone to do something |
| declaim | V to shout loudly |
| sybarite | N someone who enjoys luxury |
| sever | V to cut off |
| lionize | V to worship |
| revulsion | N hatred, disgust |
| confound | V to confuse |
| perfidious | ADJ very bad |
| assimilate | V to blend, to make one's own |
| mutinous | ADJ rebellious |
| retrograde | ADJ going backwards |
