| A | B |
|---|
| bemused | confused; bewildered |
| blasphemy | irreverence; an insult to something held sacred; profanity |
| ferver | great warmth or earnestness; ardor; zeal |
| extrovert | an open out-going person; person whose attention is focused on others not himself |
| euphemism | a pleasant or inoffensive expression used in place of an unpleasant or offensive one |
| exalt | to raise high; to glorify |
| elusive | hard to pin down; evasive |
| dubious | full of doubt; uncertain |
| genteel | refined; polite; aristocratic |
| gregarious | sociable; enjoying the company of others |
| instigate | to provoke; to stir up |
| largess | generous giving of gifts; generosity; philanthropy |
| lucid | clear; easy to understand |
| matriculate | to enroll especially at a college |
| narcissism | excessive love of one's body or one's self |
| patronize | to treat as inferior; to condescend to |
| placate | to pacify; to please; to soothe; to appease |
| congenial | agreeably suitable; pleasant |
| coerce | to force someone to do or not to do something |
| innate | existing since birth; inborn; inherent |
