| A | B |
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| charlatan | a person who pretends to have a particular knowledge or ability |
| aspire | to seek to attain something high or great |
| shortsighted | nearsighted or characterized by a lack of foresight |
| termagant | an overbearing, quarrelsome woman or noisily quarrelsome |
| grovel | to lie or creep with the body prostrate especially as a sign of humbleness |
| provincial | a superior of a religious order; narrow-minded or unsophisticated |
| serf | a servant of the feudal class who is bound to the soil |
| abound | to be present in large quantities or in great abundance |
| provident | providing for the future by being frugal and thrifty |
| agnostic | a person that holds whether God exists is not known and probably cannot be known |
| carp | to find fault or complain fretfully; a freshwater fish |
| august | marked by majestic dignity or grandeur |
| levee | a reception in honor of a particulary person; an embankment or dike to prevent flooding |
| straddle | to stand, sit or walk with the legs far apart |
| verdant | green in color; green with growing plants; or lacking experience |
| sleight of hand | a trick done so quickly that how it was done cannot be figured out |
| expatiate | to speak or write at length or in detail |
| crude | lacking refinement, manners or tact; unrefined petroleum |
| altruism | unselfish interest in or care for the welfare of others |
| trample | to tread heavily on so as to bruise or crush; to inflict pain or injury by heartless treatment |
| abject | having no pride or spirit; hopeless; sunk to a low condition |
| pundit | a wise or learned person |
| vacillate | fluctuate or waver; to go back and forth in an opinion or thought |
| urbane | suave; notably polite or refined |
| guile | deceitful cunning; sly |
