| A | B |
|---|
| obscene | offensive or disgusting |
| abstain | to restrain oneself from doing or enjoying something |
| fascists | authoritarian and nationalistic right-wing system of government |
| thespians | an actor or actress |
| predator | an animal that naturally preys on others |
| indoctrination | teach a person or group to accept a set of beliefs uncritically |
| morph | a changing of physical form |
| potpourri | a mixture of dried petals and spices to decorate and perfume a room |
| paparazzi | a freelance photographer who pursues celebrities to get photographs of them |
| synchronized | adjust a clock or watch to show the same time as another |
| blather | talk long-windedly without making much sense |
| inspiration | the process of being mentally stimulated to do or feel something, esp. to do something creative |
| interim | the intervening time |
| irony | the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous effect |
| immigration | the action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country |
| patriarch | the male head of a family or tribe |
| xenophobic | intense dislike or fear of people from other countries |
| warp | become or cause to become bent or twisted out of shape, typically as a result of the effects of heat or dampness |
| subjective | based on or influenced by personal feelings, tastes, or opinions |
| mortuary | a funeral home or morgue |
| wombat | burrowing plant-eating Australian marsupial |
| capitalists | a wealthy person who uses money to invest in trade and industry for profit |
| fungus | any of a group of spore-producing organisms |
| imperial | of or relating to an empire |
| dormant | having normal physical functions in a deep sleep |
| demure | a woman's behavior being reserved, modest, and shy |
| abysmal | extremely bad, appalling |
| vermillion | a brilliant red pigment |
| fluorescent | having or showing fluorescence |
| marsupials | a mammal of an order whose members are born incompletely developed and are typically carried and suckled in a pouch on the mother's belly |
| vespiary | a nest of wasps |
| funk | a state of depression |
| conjugate | give the different forms of a verb |
| imbeciles | a stupid person |
| dynamics | a force that stimulates change or progress within a system or process |
| conundrum | a confusing and difficult problem or question |
| tenure | guaranteed permanent employment, esp. as a teacher or professor, after probationary time |
| bigoted | expressing or characterized by prejudice and intolerance |
| cubism | early 20th century style of painting using geometric shapes and angles |
| wistful | having or showing a feeling of vague or regretful longing |
| misdemeanor | a minor wrongdoing |
| germinate | begin to grow and put out shoots after a period of dormancy |
| hydrochloric | strongly acidic solution of the gas hydrogem chloride in water |
| asphyxiated | kill someone by depriving them of air |
| tenacious | not readily letting go of, giving up, or separated from an object that one holds, a position or principle |
| suffragette | a woman seeking the right to vote through organized protest |
| delinquency | minor crime, esp. that committed by young people |
| recessive | relating to or denoting heritable characteristics controlled by genes that are expressed in offspring only when inherited from both parents |
| incriminate | make someone appear guilty of a crime or wrongdoing |
| genetics | of or relating to genes or heredity |
