| A | B |
|---|
| austere | severe or stern in manner |
| cadaverous | pale, gaunt, resembling a corpse |
| crass | coarse, unfeeling;stupid |
| desecrate | to commit sacrilage upon; to contaminate |
| grandiose | grand in an impressive or statley way |
| infraction | a breaking of a law or obligation |
| pillage | to rob of goods by open force |
| punctilious | very careful and exact |
| reprove | to find fault with; scold |
| stalwart | strong and sturdy; brave |
| acrimonious | stinging, bitter in temper or tone |
| consternation | dismay, confusion |
| disavow | to deny responsibility for or connection with |
| dissension | disagreement, sharp difference in opinion |
| expurgate | to remove objectionable passages or words from a written text |
| hypothetical | based on an assumption or guess |
| impugn | to call into question; to attack as false |
| odium | hatred, contempt |
| relegate | to place in a lower position; to assign |
| subservient | subordinate in capacity or role |
| abate | to make less in amount, degree |
| anathema | an object of intense dislike |
| avarice | a greedy desire, particularly for wealth |
| dilatory | tending to delay or procrastinate |
| equivocate | to speak or act in a way that allows for more than one interpretation |
| irresolute | unable to make up one's mind |
| novice | one who just a beginner at some activity requiring skill |
| pretentious | done for show |
| resuscitate | to revive |
| suppostion | something that is assumed or taken for granted without conclusive evidence |
