| A | B |
|---|
| amplify | (v.) to make stronger, larger, greater, louder, or the like |
| armistice | (n.) a temporary peace, halt in fighting |
| arrogant | (adj.) haughty, too convinced of one's own importance |
| bland | (adj.) gentle, soothing, mild; lacking interest or taste |
| disclaim | (v.) to deny interest in or connection with; to give up all claim to |
| epoch | (n.) a distinct period of time, era, age |
| estrange | (v.) to drift apart or become unfrindly; to cause such a separation; to remove or keep at a distance |
| gratify | (v.) to please, satisfy; to indulge or humor |
| infinite | (adj.) exceedingly great, inexhaustible, without limit, endless; (n., preceded by "the") an incalculable number, the concept of infinity; (cap. I) a name for God |
| irascible | (adj.) easily made angry, hot-tempered |
| kindred | (n.) a person's relatives; a family relationship; (adj.) related by blood; like similar |
| naive | (adj.) innocent, unsophisticated, showing lack of worldly knowledge and experience |
| niche | (n.) a decorative recess in a wall; a suitable place or position for a person or thing |
| obliterate | (v.) to blot out completely, destroy utterly |
| ramshackle | (adj.) appearing ready to collapse, loose and shaky |
| ransack | (v.) to search or examine throoughly; to rob, plunder |
| rote | (n.) unthinking routine, a fixed or mechanical way of doing something; (adj.) based on a mechanical routine |
| solvent | (adj.) able to meet one's financial obligations; having the power to dissolve other substances, (n.) a liquid used to dissolve other substances; something that solves, explains, eliminates, or softens |
| tedious | (adj.) long and tiresome |
| vendor | (n.) a person who sells something |
