| A | B |
|---|
| passé | out of date; out of fashion; boring |
| accosted | approached in a threatening way; went toward someone in a threatening way |
| vigil | watch |
| contemptuous | hostile; showing disrespect; disrespectful |
| prerogative | right; privilege |
| quibbling | arguing about something small or unimportant |
| edification | moral and educational enlightenment; education; benefit |
| malevolent | evil |
| nebulous | unclear; fuzzy; foggy |
| articulate | well-spoken; talkative; expressing onself easily |
| permanence | lasting a very long time; continuing to exist for a long time |
| impudent | boldly rude; impolite |
| formidable | intimidating; impressive; powerful |
| nondescript | plain; very ordinary; boring |
| iota | small bit; tiny amount |
| cantankerous | disagreeable; difficult; complaining; easily annoyed |
| repertoire | range of plays; range or total number of things that someone can do in song, dance or acting |
| tactful | sensitive; polite |
| spurious | fake; counterfeit; false; untrue |
| apoplectic | wildly crazy; about to explode with anger; crazy with anger |
| eccentricities | oddities; strange characteristics |
| obstreporous | stubborn; defiant; refusing to agree; refusing to do something |
| innate | natural; something a person is born with |
| elucidate | clarify; to explain something; to make something clear |
| assuaged | lessened; relieved; made better |
