| A | B |
|---|
| amicable | done in friendlyness |
| amoral | without morals |
| amorphous | without clear shape or form |
| amplify | become larger, greater, or stronger |
| analogy | comparison between 2 things |
| anathema | something greatly disliked & shunned |
| anguish | extreme anxiety or emotional torment |
| animated | full of activity |
| anomaly | something unusual |
| antediluvian | old-fashioned, out-of-date |
| antipathy | anger or hostility directed towards a person or thing |
| antithesis | total opposite of something |
| aphasia | inablity to use or comprehend words usually caused by brain damage |
| apropos | concerning, relevant |
| arbitrary | based solely on personal choice |
| baroque | characterized by grotesqueness, extravagance, complexity, or flamboyance |
| beatific | having a blissful appearance |
| belittle | to cause (a person or thing) to seem little or less;disparage |
| bellicose | warlike |
| benign | harmless; not life threatening |
| benison | blessing |
| berate | to scold or condemn vehemently and at length |
| bestial | beast-like |
| bigotry | prejudice |
| bizarre | strikingly out of the ordinary |
| blanch | to take the color out of |
| bland | dull |
| blase` | having or indulging in pleasure |
| bleak | cold, cheerless |
| blithe | gay, joyous |
| chaste | pure |
| chide | scold mildly |
| choleric | hot tempered |
| churlish | boorish, rude |
| ciliated | having minute hairs |
| circuitous | indirect |
| cite | to quote by way of example, authority, or proof |
| clandestine | marked by, held in, or conducted with secrecy (secret) |
| cleft | split |
| cliche` | a hackneyed theme, characterization, or situation |
| coercion | to bring about by force or threat |
| cognitive | the act or process of knowing including both awareness and judgment |
| cognizance | knowledge, awareness |
| cognomen | nickname |
| coy | shy, playful, caress |
| cozen | cheat, hoodwink, swindle |
| craven | cowardly |
| crux | crucial point |
| cryptic | mysterious, puzzling, secret |
| cupidity | greed |
| curtail | shorten |
| cynical | skeptical, distrustful |
| dank | damp |
| dastard | coward |
| dauntless | bold |
| dearth | scarcity; an inadequate supply; lack |
| debacle | breakup, downfall |
| debilitate | weaken, enfeeble |
| debonair | courteous |
| disingenuous | insincere , giving a false appearance of simple frankness |
| disinterested | not having the mind or feelings engaged : not interested |
| disjointed | being thrown out of orderly function, unconnected |
| disparity | different;markedly distinct in quality or character |
| dispassionate | not influenced by strong feeling,personal or emotional involvement |
| dispirited | deprived of morale or enthusiasm |
| dissipate | to break up and drive off (as a crowd),spread thin |
| distend | expand, swell |
| distrait | upset, distracted |
| divulge | reveal, make known publicly |
| doff | to take off (the hat) in greeting or as a sign of respect |
| dogmatic | positiveness in assertion of opinion especially when unwarranted or arrogant |
| dormant | inactive |
| dour | stern, harsh, gloomy |
| droll | whimsical, amusing |
| fanciful | marked by or as if by fancy or whim |
| fatuous | complacently or inanely foolish, silly |
| feasible | capable of being done or carried out |
| fecundity | fruitful in offspring or vegetation, prolific |
| feign | to give a false impression/appearance |
| fell | malevolent, cruel |
| ferment | agitation, commotion |
| fiasco | total failure |
| fickle | changeable, faithlessness |
| filch | steal |
| finite | limited |
| flail | thresh grain by hand |
| flair | talent |
| flamboyant | ornate |
| fledgling | inexperienced |
| galleon | large sailing ship |
| garish | gaudy |
| garner | gather |
| garnish | adornment |
| garrulous | loquacious, wordy |
| gauche | clumsy, boorish |
| gaudy | flashy, showy |
| gaunt | lean angular, barren |
| generic | characteristic of a class |
| genuflect | bend at knee in worship |
| germane | pertinent, bearing on the case at hand |
