| A | B |
|---|
| gruesome | Causing horror |
| disfigured | Ruin the look of something |
| piqued | Increase interest in something |
| invaluable | Extremely important |
| sensational | Something that causes great excitement or interest |
| inferior | Lower quality |
| resist | Trying to prevent something by fighting against it |
| oblige | Do as someone asks |
| naive | Lack of experience or knowledge |
| amalgamation | The action of combining something |
| authoritative | Reliable - likely to be respected and obeyed |
| supercilious | Acting like you are better than others |
| sojourned | A temporary stay somewhere |
| futility | Pointless |
| brashness | Acting rude |
| dynamic | Constantly changing |
| fastidious | Extremely concerned with things being correct and detailed |
| sharecropper | A farmer who gives crops as rent |
| franchise | A professional sports team |
| hamlet | An area slightly bigger than a village |
| flogged | Beat with a whip or stick as punishment or torture |
| brogue | A strong accent |
| audacious | Willing to take risks |
| reprisal | Retaliation |
| intimidate | Scare someone to get them to do what you want |
| decomposed | Decay or rot (Esp. with a body) |
| mourner | Someone who goes to a funeral (friend or relative of the dead) |
| prominence | Important or famous |
| unprecedented | Never done before |
| feloniously | To do or be involved with crime (Esp. a felony) |
| indictment | Formal charge of a serious crime |
| supremacist | Someone who believes their group is better than everyone else |
| rabble-rousers | People who speak in order to get everyone upset (Usually for political reasons) |
| acquittal | When someone is found not guilty of a crime |
| irrelevant | Not connected to something |
| irrefutable | Impossible to deny |
| inconsistent | Not staying the same - things donÕt add up |
| illogical | DoesnÕt make sense |
| admonishing | Warn someone strongly |
| hostile | Unfriendly |
| rationalize | Attempt to explain |
| oration | Formal speech |
| dastardly | Mean - Cruel |
| deliberation | Long and careful consideration |
| unanimous | Everyone in agreement |
| denounced | Publicly declare something evil |
| bias | Prejudice against someone or something in an unfair way |
| unification | Bring together to a whole |
| solidify | Make stronger |
| degenerated | Loss of what is considered ÔnormalÕ |
