| A | B |
|---|
| abject | hopeless, extremely sad and servile; defeated |
| abnegate | to deny oneself things; to reject; to renounce |
| burlesque | a ludicrous, mocking, lewd imitation |
| circumspect | cautious |
| desiccate | to dry out |
| enigma | a mystery; puzzle |
| epitome | a brief summary that capture the meaning of the whole; a perfect example of something |
| fastidious | meticulous; demanding; finicky |
| grandiloquent | pompous; using a lot of big fancy words in an attempt to sound impressive |
| hegemony | leadership, especially of one nation over another |
| philanthropy | love of mankind; especially by doing good deeds |
| repudiate | to reject; to renounce; to disown; to have nothing to do with |
| requisite | required; necessary |
| ruminate | to contemplate; to ponder; to mull over |
| subjugate | to subdue and dominate; to enslave |
| tenuous | flimsy; extremely thin |
| usurp | to seize wrongfully |
| vehement | intense; forceful; violent |
| verisimilitude | similarity to reality; the appearance of truth; looking like the real thing |
| wanton | malicious; unjustifiable; unprovoked; egregious |
