| A | B |
|---|
| provocative | tending to excite or stimulate |
| bumpkine | unsophisticated, awkward person |
| toady | a person who flatters for personal gain |
| culpable | deserving blame or condemnation;guilty |
| hortatory | encouraging; inciting |
| penultimate | next to last |
| orotund | full and rich in sound (in speech) |
| blithe | carefree and lighthearted |
| soporific | tending to induce sleep |
| pervasive | permeating;spreading throughout |
| benign | beneficial; favorable |
| frenetic | wildly excited |
| recrimination | a counteraccusation |
| indecorous | lacking good taste; improper |
| corroborate | to strengthen by adding evidence |
| majordomo | chief butler |
| untenable | impossible to defend or justify |
| perambulate | to walk about; to stroll |
| veneer | a thin attractive layer that conceals something common or coarse |
| timorous | timid |
| luminous | emitting light |
| circuitous | indirect; roundabout |
| perquisite | a tip or payment in addition to regular wages |
| probity | integrity; respectability |
| polemical | relating to controversy or argument |
| tacit | indicated but not expressed; implied silently |
| largesse | generosity |
| indolent | lazy |
| circumlocution | unnecessarily wordy or evasive language |
| depredate | to plunder and pillage |
