| A | B |
|---|
| dexterous | (adj.) skillful or adroit in the use of the hands or body |
| disingenuous | (adj.) lacking in frankness |
| cumbersome | (adj.) burdensome; troublesome |
| fortitude | (n.) mental and emotional strength in facing difficulty |
| bellow | (v.) to emit a hollow |
| surrogate | (n.) a person appointed to act for another; deputy |
| confluence | (n.) a flowing together of two or more streams; coming together |
| facile | (adj.) moving |
| manifest | (adj.) readily perceived by the eye or the understanding; obvious |
| blather | (n.) foolish |
| aesthetic | (adj.) pertaining to a sense of the beautiful |
| gait | (n.) a manner of walking |
| goad | (n.) a stick with a pointed; something that encourages |
| eviscerated | (v.) to remove the entrails from; disembowel |
| elusive | (adj.) eluding clear perception or complete mental grasp; hard to express or define |
| berm | (n.) a horizontal surface between the exterior slope of a rampart and the moat |
| loath | (adj.) unwilling; reluctant; disinclined; averse |
| perfunctory | (adj.) performed merely as a routine duty; lacking interest |
| assimilate | (v.) to take in and incorporate as one's own; absorb. |
| regimented | (v.) to manage or treat in rigid |
| respite | (n.) a delay or cessation for a time |
| ambivalent | (n.) having ”mixed feelings about someone or something |
| sallow | (adj.) yellowish discoloration |
| periphery | (n.) the external boundary of any surface or area |
| sardonic | (adj.) characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking |
| estimable | (adj.) worthy of esteem; deserving respect or admiration |
| decimate | (v.) to destroy a great number or proportion of |
| portend | (v.) to indicate in advance; to foreshadow or presage |
| emanate | (v.) to flow out |
| inexorable | (adj.) not to be persuaded |
| chattel | (n.) a movable article of personal property |
| hackneyed | (adj.) made commonplace or trite; stale; banal |
| trudge | (v.) to walk |
| salve | (n.) a medicinal ointment for healing or relieving wounds and sores |
| faux | (adj.) artificial or imitation; fake |
| atoll | (n.) a ring-shaped coral reef or a string of closely spaced small coral islands |
| gnashed | (v.) to grind or strike (the teeth) together |
| bode | (v.) to be an omen of; portend |
| garish | (adj.) crudely or tastelessly colorful |
| maw | (n.) the mouth |
| neophyte | (n.) a beginner or novice |
| concurrent | (adj.) occurring or existing simultaneously or side by side |
| laconic | (adj.) using few words; expressing much in few words; concise |
| lugubrious | (adj.) mournful |
| implacable | (adj.) not to be appeased; cruel |
| agnostic | (n.) a person who denies or doubts the possibility of ultimate knowledge in some area of study |
| enigmatic | (adj.) resembling an enigma; mysterious |
| banal | (adj.) devoid of freshness or originality; common |
| acquiesce | (v.) submit or comply silently without protest; accept |
| euthanasia | (n.) the act of putting to death painlessly; mercy killing |
| absolution | (n.) a freeing from blame or guilt; forgiveness |
| ennui | (n.) a feeling of utter weariness and discontent resulting from lack of interest; boredom |
