| A | B |
|---|
| laudable | adj. – deserving praise; commendable |
| insidious | adj. – intended to trap or trick |
| ingratiate | v. – to deliberately establish oneself in the favor of others |
| dilatory | adj. – tending to delay or procrastinate; tardy |
| turgid | adj. – pompous |
| meretricious | adj. – tawdrily attractive (tawdry = cheap and gaudy appearance) |
| formidable | adj. – quality of producing fear or awe |
| tumult | n. – uproar; violent distress of mind or feelings |
| vicarious | adj. – done on behalf of another; substitute |
| rancor | n. – resentment; ill will; malice |
| truculent | adj. – cruel or savage; belligerent |
