| A | B |
|---|
| ennui | weariness and discontenent from lack of occupation or interest, boredom |
| crass | coarse, unfeeling;stupid |
| inconsequential | trifling, unimportant |
| punctilious | very careful and exact, attentive to fine points of etiquette or propriety |
| acrimonious | stinging, bitter in temper or tone |
| grandiose | grand in an impressive or stately way; makred by pompous affectation or grandeur, absurdly exaggerated |
| hypothetical | based on an assumption or guess, used as a provisional or tentative idea to guide or direct investigation |
| adulation | praise or flattery that is excessive |
| astute | shrewd; crafty, showing practical wisdom |
| perfidy | faithlessness, treachery |
| odium | hatred, contempt; disgrace or infamy resulting from hateful conduct |
| preteutious | done for show, stirving to make a big impresssion; claiming merit or position unjustifiably; making demands on one's skill or abilities, ambitious |
| torpid | inactive, sluggish, dull |
| procrastinate | to delay, put off until later |
| imperious | overbearing, arrogant; seeking to dominate; pressing, compelling |
| deference | courteous yielding to the wishes and ideas of another person; great respect makred by submission, as to a superior |
| recondite | exceeding ordinary knowledge and understanding, profound, abstruse |
| efficacious | effective, producing results |
| impromptu | without preparation, offhand, suddenly or hastily done an extemporaneous composition or remark; a minimal piece suggestive of improvisation |
| mawkish | excessively and objectionably sentimental; having a mildly sickening flavor |
| enigmatic | puzzling, perplexing, not easily understood, mysteious |
| profligate | given over to dissipation and self-indulgence, immoral, recklessly extravagant; a person given to self-indulgent and wild spending. |
| curtailed | to cut short, bring to a halt or end sooner than expected; to reduce |
| brouhaha | a confused hodgepodge of sounds. hubbub; and uproar or commotion that goes far beyond what is justified |
| egregious | conspicuous, standing out from the mass (in anfaorable sense) |
