| A | B |
|---|
| adulterate | to make impure by adding lesser substances; to corrupt |
| animosity | harsh feelings, enmity, resentment, hatred |
| apocryphal | of doubtful origin or authenticity, not genuine |
| avarice | greed for wealth |
| coalesce | to merge, to fuse, to join, or to unite |
| collaborate | to work together |
| cryptic | mysterious, secret |
| desultory | jumping around, aimless, random |
| dissipation | wasteful spending, squandering |
| edifying | instructing and improving spiritually or morally |
| equivocate | to attempt to lie, to mislead, or to hide the truth |
| espousing | marrying, giving one's loyalty; adopting or embracing a cause |
| hedonist | one who seeks pleasure as the sole aim in life |
| indefatigable | tireless, incapable of being fatigued |
| interminable | having or seeming to have no end, wearisomely protracted |
| naive | unsophisticated; inexperienced |
| parody | humorous or ridiculous imitation |
| peripheral | on the edge, not important |
| portent | a sign or forewarning |
| prodigious | extraordinary in bulk, quantity, or degree, great in size, enormous |
| profane | showing contempt toward sacred things |
| respite | a rest, a delay, a period of relief |
| sordid | filthy, foul |
| surfeited | fed or supplied to excess |
| trifling | not significant, frivolous |
