| A | B |
|---|
| arduous | hard to do requiring much effort |
| auspicious | favorable; fortunate |
| intrepid | brave, fearless, unshackable |
| revile | attack with words, call bad names |
| reprieve | (n) a temporary relief or delay. (v) to grant a postponment |
| larceny | theft |
| disentangle | to free from tangles or complications |
| arbitrary | unreasonable; based on ones's wishes or whims without regard for reason or fairness |
| catalyst | a substance tht causes or hastens a chemical reaction; any agent that causes change |
| opaque | not letting light through; not clear or lucid; dnese stupid |
| paramount | chief importance above all others |
| rebut | to affer arguments or evidence that contradicts an assertion; to refute |
| reprimand | (v) to scold; find fault with (n) a rebuke |
| slapdash | careless and hasty |
| impoverished | poor in a state of poverty; depleted |
| superfluous | exceeding what is sufficient or required, excess |
| sardonic | grimly or scornfully mocking, bitterly, sarcastic |
| hew | to shape or cut down with an axe; to hold to |
| lucid | easy to understand, clear; rational sane |
| supplant | to take the place of supersede |
