| A | B |
|---|
| slipshod | careless, untidy |
| rapt | deeply absorbed or engrossed |
| obsolete | out of date |
| undermine | to weaken or destroy |
| ill | class, type, kind |
| lurk | lie or wait in concealment |
| cartography | science of map making |
| feckless | ineffective |
| disparate | distinct |
| gibe | taunt or jeer |
| pensive | thoughtful |
| upbraid | to reproach severly |
| infallible | absolutly trustworthy |
| pariah | outcast |
| acrid | bitterly pungent in taste or smell |
| blandish | to coax or influence by gentle flattery |
| tremulous | timid or fearful |
| overwrought | agitated or excited |
| satiate | satisfy fully |
| inimical | unfavorable unfriendly |
| lissome | gracefull, supple, agile |
| gustatory | of or pertaining to taste |
| expiate | to atone for, make amends |
| deft | skillful or dexterous |
| unkempt | uncared for |
| tempestuous | stormy, tumultuous |
| deplore | disaprove of, regret deeply |
| fulsome | offensive to good taste as being excessive |
| subjugate | bring under complete controll |
| redress | to set right what is morally wrong |
| hew | shape or cut down |
| laconic | consise, succinct, brief |
| maudlin | overly sentimental |
| capacious | able to hold a large quantity |
| effrontery | insulting boldness or arrogance |
| gambol | to skip or frolic |
| brigand | bandit |
| potent | powerful or mighty |
| spurn | regect with disdain |
| bilk | defraud or cheat |
| pertinacous | stubbornly persitant |
| unavailing | futile, useless, hopeless |
| vagrant | person with no home, wanderer |
| edict | a decree |
| obfuscate | to confuse |
| rejoinder | answer to a reply |
| scurrilous | obsenly abbusive |
| hone | to sharpen or make more acute |
| grievous | causing grief |
| malodorous | having a foul odor |
| indelible | unerasable |
| facile | quick in action |
| goad | drive with a stick, to prod |
| chary | cautious or careful |
| vendetta | prolonged and bitter feud |
