| A | B |
|---|
| superfluous | an over abundance; excessive |
| repertoire | a set of skills; or list of skills; or performance piece |
| rudimentary | basic, fundamental, underdeveloped, elementary |
| pervasive | wide spread; distributed everywhere |
| rebuff | to reject, or a rejection; to reject rudely |
| clandestine | in a secretive manner |
| adversity | trouble |
| inadvertently | mistakenly |
| omnipotent | all powerful |
| opulent | wealthy, rich, affluent |
| chronic | recurring |
| recluse | person who lives in seclusion |
| intermittent | happening off and on |
| vilify | to speak ill of |
| expound | to explain or interpret |
| brevity | briefness |
| fidelity | loyalty, faithfulness |
| animosity | great dislike |
| eulogy | speech of praise at funeral |
| precursor | something that came before |
| innocuous | not harmful |
| excise | a tax or duty |
| charlatan | fake or phony |
| alleviate | to make easier to endure |
| viable | workable or practicable |
| altercation | fight |
| antipathy | habitual dislike |
| eminent | high ranked |
| renegade | traitor |
| deplore | to disapprove of |
| dire | dreadful; terrible |
| transgression | violation of rules or customs |
| myriad | a great number |
| fallible | liable to mess up or make a mistake |
| cursory | hasty |
| urbane | sophisticated |
| admonish | to caution against |
| ominous | threatening, forbidding |
| discredit | to destroy the reputation of |
| piety | reverence for religion |
| concise | short and to the point |
| insipid | dull and boring |
| composure | calmness |
| antithesis | opposition; contrast |
| introverted | being a shy person |
| diminutive | tiny; very small person |
| emissary | representative on a mission or errand |
| reprimand | a severe scolding |
| elegy | a sad poem |
| diffident | timid or shy |
| augur | to predict |
| infirmity | illness |
| circumspect | watchful and cautious |
| imminent | about to happen |
| elusive | hard to find; difficult to hold |
| inundate | to flood |
| euphemism | substitution of a mild expression for a harsh one |
| gregarious | sociable |
| excise | a tax or duty |
| derivative | not original |
