| A | B |
|---|
| delineate | to describe accurately |
| nefarious | very wicked |
| vernacular | everyday speech; slang |
| brawn | muscular strength |
| tout | to publicly brag |
| enhance | to increase; to make better |
| hindrance | something that delays action or progress |
| efface | to erase from existence; to rub out |
| glutton | someone who consumes way too much food or drink |
| hiatus | a break or vacation |
| querulous | grumbling; grumpy |
| engender | to create; to cause |
| obliterate | to destroy completely |
| copious | abundant; plentiful |
| obscure | dark; unknown; hard to understand |
| extol | to praise highly |
| pugnacious | eager to fight |
| quell | to calm (something down); to pacify |
| artisan | a person who is skillful with his/her hands |
| kindle | to start a fire; to ignite; to arouse |
| corroborate | to confirm; to back up (something) with evidence |
| amorous | feeling loving, especially in a romantic or sexual way |
| decorous | proper; in good taste |
| expedite | to speed up the progress of (something) |
| idyllic | naturally peaceful |
| juxtapose | to place side by side |
| incandescent | brilliant; giving off heat or light |
| exasperate | to annoy thoroughly |
| discordant | lacking harmony or agreement |
| volatile | highly unstable; explosive |
| distend | to swell; to extend |
| fecund | fertile; productive |
| sage | a wise person (through experience and reflecting on life) |
| vacuous | lacking ideas or intelligence |
| deride | to ridicule; to insult |
| benevolent | generous; kind |
| scrutinize | to examine very carefully |
| histrionic | overly dramatic |
| didactic | intended to teach; morally instructive |
| assail | to attack with words or force |
| bucolic | charmingly rural |
| pretentious | pretending to be more important than you are |
| gullible | easily deceived; too trusting |
| convivial | friendly in a social way |
| discreet | unnoticeable; sneaky |
| discrete | unconnected; distinctly separate |
| fabricate | to make up (something that is not true) |
| gesticulate | to "talk with your hands" |
| laud | to praise |
| belabor | to go over repeatedly or to an absurd extent |
| reiterate | to say again; to repeat |
| conflagration | a huge, destructive fire |
| induce | to cause to happen |
| soporific | causing drowsiness or sleep |
| anarchy | absence of government or control that results in chaos |
| strident | shrill; annoyingly high-pitched |
| careen | to tip to one side while in motion |
| sullen | resentful and silent; mad at the world |
| precarious | unstavble; insecurely placed |
| contrite | full of regret, remorse, guilt |
| malevolent | wishing evil or harm on others |
| tremulous | trebling from fear, nervousness, or weakness |
| loathe | to hate or dislike strongly |
| inquisitive | eager to learn; curious |
| incomprehensible | impossible to understand |
| diminish | to decrease, to make smaller |
| furtive | sly and secretive; sneaky |
| cower | to crouch in fear or shame |
| ebullient | overflowing with excitement or enthusiasm |
| myriad | countless; many |
| truculent | belligerent; aggressively hostile |
| pinnacle | a very high peak; the very top |
