| A | B |
|---|
| acquitted | found not guilty |
| alleviate | to make less severe |
| amble | to walk at a slow, easy pace |
| badger | to tease, annoy or harass persistenly |
| careen | to tip or swerve from side to side |
| conscientious | always attempting to do the right thing |
| contradict | to say the opposite; to speak against |
| cordial | warm and friendly |
| describe | to tell in words |
| dict | to speak |
| dignity | self-respect and honor |
| divert | to turn aside from a direction |
| egotistical | conceited; selfish |
| emulate | to imitate in efforts to equal or surpass |
| eternal | existing always; without beginning or end |
| expectorate | to spit |
| guffaw | a loud burst of laughter |
| indictment | a statement charging a personw ith a crime |
| indifferent | having no particular interest; apathetic |
| inscribe | to write or engrave permanently |
| intermittent | no continuous; stopping and starting |
| intricate | complicated; detailed |
| ira | anger |
| irate | very angry; furious; enraged |
| irksome | annoyingl bothersome; irritating |
| jovial | jolly |
| meager | small in amount |
| melodramatic | overly emotional |
| memorabilia | things worth remembering |
| minuscule | very small |
| monotonous | boring because it is all the same |
| morbid | gruesome; grisly |
| omniscient | all knowing |
| per | through/against |
| permeate | to spread through |
| persevere | to keep at something in spite of difficulties |
| pseudonym | false name; pen name; alias |
| sci | to know |
| scrib | to write |
| sqaulor | miserable, filthy conditions |
| tranquil | peaceful; calm |
| versatile | turning easily from one skill to another |
| vers/vert | turn |
| virtue | goodness; moral excellence |
| wrath | anger; fury |
