| A | B |
|---|
| innate | possessed at birth; inherent |
| sophomoric | immature; juvenile |
| fortuitous | happening by chance; unplanned |
| depreciate | to reduce or lower the value of |
| fabrication | a lie |
| pessimist | one who takes the gloomiest view of a situation |
| buttress | anything that serves to prop or support |
| flag | to lose energy and grow weak |
| salve | anything that soothes or heals |
| immutable | unchanging; unalterable |
| coerce | to force to act in a given manner |
| demagogue | a leader who uses prejudice to gain power |
| robust | strong and healthy |
| conjecture | a guess |
| cynic | one who believes everyone is motivated by selfishness |
| cajole | flattering someone to get something |
| expound | to give a detailed statement |
| relegate | to assign to an inferior position |
| hypocrisy | pretending to hold certain beliefs |
| chauvinism | boastful devotion to a country or belief |
| pious | deeply religious |
| deify | to worship as a god |
| digress | to stray or wander from the subject |
| dappled | spotted markings |
| culpable | deserving blame |
| parable | a story that teaches a moral or lesson |
| jocular | given to joking |
| circumscribe | to define; limit |
| fastidious | neat; meticulous |
| intractable | stubborn |
| viscous | thick |
