| A | B |
|---|
| abstracted | removed in thought from the immediate situation, lost in one's own mind |
| adulation | extreme praise or admiration |
| adversity | misfortune, unfavorable happening |
| burgeon | to sprout, to newly emerge |
| chimera | a fantasy; a horrible creature of the imagination |
| culpable | deserving blame; guilty |
| decadent | decaying |
| entreaty | a plea, an earnest request |
| fatuous | foolish, silly in an obnoxious way, inane |
| humane | kind, compassionate, sympathetic and considerate |
| indulgent | lenient, especially toward oneself |
| ineptness | lack of competence or judgment |
| ingrate | an ungrateful person |
| inundate | to flood, to overflow |
| miser | one who lives in wretched circumstances to save and hoard money |
| nefarious | extremely wicked, evil, vicious |
| prattle | meaningless sounds, babble |
| predilection | preference |
| procrastinate | to defer action; to delay |
| stoic | a stoical person; not showing passion or feeling, indifference, impassive |
| suffrage | right to vote |
| summon | to call together, to send for or to request to appear |
| transparent | quality of being able to be seen through, clear |
| turbulence | wild or disturbing activity |
| viable | capable of working, functioning, or developing adequately |
