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