| A | B |
|---|
| antipathy | feeling against someone or something; dislike |
| confluence | to flow together, convergence |
| elucidate | to make clear, clarify |
| exacerbate | to sharpen or aggravate a conflict, inflame |
| egregious | out of the group; outstandingly bad |
| circumspect | to look around and thus be cautious |
| dogged | stubborn, inflexible, hard to budge |
| ecstatic | elated, exhilarated, exuberant |
| pugnacious | combative, quick to fight |
| repugnant | offensive, very distasteful, repulsive |
| placid | to be outwardly calm, composed |
| synchronize | to occur at the same time, simultaneous |
| addendum | an addition or supplement to a book |
| appease | soothe, calm, relieve |
| hackneyed | commonplace, trivial or made common and worn out by overuse |
| hiatus | a temporary gap, break in continuity, moratorium, respite |
| impetuous | done on the spur of the moment |
| laconic | succinct, taciturn |
| loquacious | overy talkative |
| preface | an introductory statement to a book, article, or speech |
