| A | B |
|---|
| acrimonious | caustic |
| ameliorate | to make better, to relieve, to improve |
| amenable | open to or willing to follow advice or suggestion, tractable, malleable |
| amorphous | shapeless, having no definite form |
| buoyant | capable of floating; cheerful |
| cajole | to persuade with deliberate flattery, to coax, to wheedle |
| calamity | a serious event causing distress or misfortune |
| debase | to reduce in dignity or quality |
| efface | to erase, to wear away |
| elucidate | to make clear, to explain |
| ephemeral | lasting a short period of time, fleeting |
| ferocity | savagery |
| flourish | to thrive, to grow well |
| haughty | arrogant, excessively proud and vain |
| impervious | incapable of being entered or penetrated, not capable of being damaged |
| inane | lacking significance, meaning, or point; silly, insipid |
| indolence | laziness |
| infallible | incapable of error |
| inscrutable | difficult to understand; mysterious |
| languid | slow, sluggish, listless, weak |
| malice | desire to harm others |
| oblique | slanting, indirect, evasive, devious, misleading |
| opulence | wealth, affluence, abundance |
| penitent | showing or feeling regret for wrongdoing, repentant |
| perfunctory | acting routinely with little interest or care |
