| A | B |
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| beget - v | to produce; to make happen |
| educe - v | to draw or bring out |
| glean - v | to collect bit by bit; to gather with patient labor |
| chafe - v | to wear or irritate, often through rubbing or friction |
| effrontery - n | shameless boldness |
| imbibe - v | to drink (especially alcohol) |
| feign - v | to pretend |
| desist - v | to stop; discontinue |
| allude - v | to hint at, to refer to indirectly |
| elite - n | the choice members or best of a group |
| bilk - v | to cheat or swindle; to thwart |
| homily - n | a sermon |
| demise - n | death; a ceasing to exist |
| emit - v | to send out; to give forth, as in sound or light |
| decadence - n | moral deterioration |
| aghast - adj | feeling great dismay or horror |
| granary - n | a storehouse for grain |
| choleric - adj | easily angered |
| impede - v | to hinder, obstruct |
| qualm - n | a feeling of uneasiness |
| lampoon - n | a written satire used to ridicule or attack someon |
| narcissistic - adj | conceited; having excessive love or self-admiration |
| eradicate - v | to wipe out; to destroy |
| fabricate - v | to concoct; to make up a story in order to deceive |
| ghastly - adj | horrible, frightful |
| fallible - adj | capable of error |
| blatant - adj | obvious, too conspicuous |
| dawdle - v | to waste time |
| affiliate - n | an associate; partner |
| fawn - v | to act slavishly submissive |
| calumny - n | a false and malicious accusation |
| berate - v | to scold or rebuke severely and at length |
| minion - n | a fawning, servile follower |
| desolate - adj | lonely, forlorn; uninhabited; barren |
| bane - n | the cause of ruin, harm, distress, or death |
| pacify - v | to calm down |
| garble - v | to mix up or distort |
| prevaricate - v | to lie |
| filch - v | to steal |
| neophyte - n | a beginner |
| flagrant - adj | glaringly bad, outrageous |
| patrician - adj | an aristocrat |
| emissary - n | one sent on a special mission to represent others |
| kindred - adj | having a similar origin, nature or character |
| fracas - n | a loud quarrel or fight |
| lacerate - v | to tear (flesh) jaggedly |
| futile - adj | useless, pointless |
| immaculate - adj | spotless, perfect |
| gait - n | manner of walking |
| carp - v | to complain or find fault in a petty or nagging way |
| query - v | to ask; to inquire |
| queue - n | a line of people or vehicles |
| nefarious - adj | very wicked, notorious |
| genesis - n | beginning, origin |
| facade - n | a deceptive outer appearance |
| deluge - n | a flood; an overwhelming rush |
| catholic - adj | universal, wide-ranging |
| eerie - adj | weird, mysterious; strange and frightening |
| martial - adj | warlike; relating to the military |
| anthropomorphic - adj | attributing human characteristics or qualities to objects, animals or gods |
| beneficiary - n | one who receives benefits |
| careen - v | to swerve or lurch from side to side while in motion |
| aplomb - n | self-confidence |
| guile - n | slyness and cunning in dealing with others |
| modicum - n | a small amount |
| fester - v | to grow embittered over time; to rot |
| languish - v | to become weak or feeble; to lose strength |
| pall - n | something that covers or conceals |
| havoc - n | great destruction, chaos |
| rancid - adj | having a bad taste or smell; spoiled |
| gird - v | to prepare for an event or action |
| daunt - v | to make afraid; to discourage |
| flux - n | a state of continual change or movement |
| hovel - n | a wretched living place; an open shed |
| cadaverous - adj | of or like a corpse; pale and gaunt |
| gothic - adj | of the middle ages; of or relating to a mysterious, grotesque and desolate style of fiction |
| penury - n | extreme poverty |
| egress - n | an exit; a means of going out |
| felicity - n | happiness, bliss |
| despot - n | a dictator with absolute power |
