| A | B |
|---|
| intercede | plead on the behalf of someone else |
| hackneyed | overused |
| approbation | expression of approval |
| innuendo | a hint |
| coalition | combination |
| elicit | draw forth |
| hiatus | gap |
| assuage | make easier |
| decadence | decline |
| expostulate | dissuade by earnest reasoning |
| simulate | imitate |
| jaded | worn out |
| umbrage | influence of power |
| prerogative | special right or privilege |
| lurid | causing shock |
| transcend | rise above |
| provicial | local |
| petulant | easily irritated |
| unctuous | fatty |
| meritorious | worthy |
| ex officio | holding a certain office |
| infringe | violate |
| callow | without feathers |
| ameliorate | improve |
| bombastic | overblown in language |
| ingratiate | make oneself agreeable |
| epitome | summary |
| aplomb | assurance |
| exhort | urge strongly |
| drivel | saliva flow |
| inveigh | express strong disapproval |
| surmise | guess |
| intrinsic | inherent |
| occult | mysterious |
| percipitate | fall as moisture |
| lassitude | lack of energy |
| millenium | 1000 years |
| permeate | penetrate |
| stringent | strict |
| interloper | intruder |
| expiate | atone |
| expedite | make easy |
| abominate | dislike |
| ascribe | attribute |
| adventitious | accidental |
| enjoin | prohibit |
| commiserate | sympathize |
| acculturation | blend |
| curcuitous | not direct |
| ferment | agitation |
| vitriolic | bitter |
| wheedle | coaxing |
| peculate | steal |
| proclivity | natural inclination |
| nominal | not real |
| seditious | resistant to lawful authority |
| tenuous | thin |
| noncommittal | not decisive |
| sangfroid | composure |
| inadvertant | accidental |
| aggrandize | increase power |
| inscrutable | misunderstood |
| archetype | model which things are patterned |
| erudite | cholarly |
| infer | to hint |
| affable | courteous |
| amorphous | shapeless |
| gassamer | thin |
| aura | surroundings |
| insular | relating to |
| contraband | illegal |
| sleazy | cheap |
| irrevocable | unchangeable |
| sedulous | determination |
| remonstrate | argue |
| restrench | cut down |
| resilient | return to original shape |
| reverberate | resound |
| querulous | complaining |
| repudiate | reject |
| propensity | bent toward |
| scurrilous | vulgar |
| flout | mock |
| caveat | warning |
| blazon | spread widely |
| filch | steal |
| fractious | quarrelsome |
| addendum | an addition |
| amnesty | general pardon |
| axiomatic | express a rule |
| extricate | remove with effort |
| soporific | tending to cause sleep |
| scathing | bitterly severe |
| unwieldy | not easily carried |
| vapid | dull |
| prognosticate | to predict |
| sepulchral | gloomy |
| salutary | helpful |
| straitlaced | prudish |
| scourge | whip |
| precept | rule of conduct |
| transient | short time |
| brusque | blunt |
| demagogue | leader making false claims |
| cajole | coax |
| ennui | boredom |
| disabuse | free from error |
| arbiter | judge |
| bizarre | extremely strange |
| castigate | punish severely |
| aspersion | slandering |
| vouchsafe | grant |
| megalomania | far in excess of reality |
| surreptitious | secret |
| transmute | transform |
| immutable | constant |
| transgress | sin |
| heiness | hatefull |
| insurgent | rebellious |
| fetter | chain |
| sinecure | easy job |
| vicarious | suffered |
| anomolous | abnormal |
| contrive | invent |
| equitable | fair |
| autonomy | political control |
