| A | B |
|---|
| finesse | skillful maneuvering; subtlety; craftiness |
| flagrant | glaringly bad; notorious; scandalous |
| exacerbate | to annoy thoroughly; to make very angry |
| egocentric | selfish; believing that one is the center of everything |
| disparage | to belittle; to say uncomplimentary things about usually indirectly; "to dis" |
| debilitate | to weaken or cripple |
| coup | brilliant victory or accomplishment; violent overthrow of a government by a small group |
| cosmopolitan | at home in many places or situations; internationally sophisticated |
| hiatus | a break or interruption (often from work) |
| hedonism | the pursuit of pleasure as a way of life |
| gauche | unskillful; awkward; maladroit |
| serendipity | accidental good fortune; discovering good things without looking for them |
| sloth | laziness; sluggishness |
| indolent | lazy |
| inane | silly, senseless |
| notorious | famous for something bad; infamous |
| nostalgia | sentimental longing for the past; homesickness |
| prodigal | wastefully extravagant |
| magnate | a rich, powerful or very successful business person |
| pristine | original; unspoiled; pure |
| martyr | someone who gives up his/her life for a cause; one who suffers for a cause; makes a show of suffering to arouse sympathy |
