| A | B |
|---|
| desecrate | to commit sacrilege, pollute |
| inconsequential | trifling, unimportant |
| concoct | to invent, fabricate |
| disconcert | to confuse |
| cadaverous | pale, gaunt, corpse-like |
| gradiose | grand in an impressive or stately way |
| debase | to lower in character, quality or value. |
| beneficent | performing acts of kindness or charity |
| crass | coarse, unfeeling, stupid |
| desist | to cease |
| austere | sever or stern in manner, plain |
| infraction | a breaking of a law |
| redoubtable | inspiring fear or awe |
| pillage | to rob of goods by open force, looting, booty |
| vulnerable | open to attack |
| stipend | a fixed sum of $ paid periodically for services or to defray exprenses. |
| prate | to talk a great deal in a foolish or aimless fashion |
| restitution | the act of restoring someone/something to the rightful owner or to a former state |
| punctilious | very careful and exact |
| stalwart | strong and sturdy, brave. A brave person |
| reprove | to find fault with, scold |
| mitigate | to make milder or softer, to moderate in force |
| élan | an enthusiastic liveliness |
| dissipate | to cause to disappear |
| disavow | to deny responsibility for or connection with |
| conducive | tening to promote or assiste, |
| expurgate | to remove objectionable passages or words from a written text |
| dispassionate | impartial, calm, free from emotion |
| consternation | dismay, confusion |
| dissension | disagreement, sharp difference of opinion |
| bovine | resembling a cow or ox |
| acrimonious | stinging, bitter in temper or tone |
| corpulant | fat, bulky |
| subservient | subordinate in capacity or role; serving to promote some end |
| perfidy | faithless, treachery |
| hypothetical | based on an assumption or guess |
| inpugn | to call into question |
| odium | hatred, contempt, disgrace |
| intermperate | immoderate, lacking self-control |
| squeamish | inclined to nausea |
| susceptible | open to, easily influenced |
| gauntlet | an armored or protective glove, a chllange to combat; an ordeal |
| relegate | to place in a lower position; to assign |
| ignoble | mean, low, base |
| adulation | praise or flattery that is excessive |
| evanescent | vanishing, soon passing away |
| dilatory | not on time, not prompt |
| abate | to make less in amount, degree, etc; to subside, become less |
| irresolute | unable to make up one's mind |
| astute | shrewd, crafty, showing practical wisdom |
| avarice | a greedy desire, particularly for wealth |
| egregious | conspicous, standing out from the mass |
| culpable | deserving blame, worthy of condemnation |
| anathema | an object of intense dislike; a curse or strong denunciation |
| equivocate | to speak or act in a way that allows of more than one interpretation |
| slovenly | untidy, dirty |
| suppostion | something that is assumed or taken for granted w/o conclusive evidence |
| succinct | expressed briefly and clearly |
| recapitulate | to review a series of facts; to sum up |
| nebulous | cloudlike, confuse |
| resuscitate | to revive |
| torpid | inactive, sluggish, dull |
| novice | one who is just a beginner at some activity requiring skill and experience |
| penury | extreme poverty, barrenness, insufficiency |
| modicum | a small or moderate amount |
| pretentios | done for show, trying to make a big impression; claiming merit or position unjustifiably; |
