| A | B |
| auspices | protection or support; patronage. |
| auspicious | attended by favorable circumstances |
| circumspect | heedful of circumstances or consequences; prudent |
| despicable | deserving of scorn or contempt; vile |
| introspective | self-examinating; thinking about ones own thoughts and feelings |
| perspicuity | the quality of being clearly expressed or easily understood. to perceive keenly |
| prospective | likely to become or be; likely to happen |
| specious | having a ring of truth but actually false |
| specter | phantom; apparition; threatening or haunting possibility |
| spectrum | a broad sequence or range of related qualities, ideas, or activities |
| acuity | acutemess of perception; keenness |
| consummate | supremely accomplishment or skilled. perfect in every respect |
| cunning | skilled in performance. skilled in deception. |
| deft | skillful:adroit |
| endowment | natural gift of quality. funds or property donated to an institution |
| facile | dine or acheived with little effort or difficulty; easy |
| incompetent | not capable; not properly or well qualified |
| inept | awkward or clumsy. not suitable to occasion |
| proficient | performing in any given art. skill, or branch of learning with expert correctness |
| propensity | an innate inclination; tendency |
| beseech | to address an earnest or urgent request to; implore. |
| blandishment | the act of coaxing by flattery or wheedling |
| cajole | to coax gently and persistently; wheedle |
| elicit | to bring out; provoke. to call forth |
| enjoin | to direct with authority and emphasis; command. to forbid |
| exigent | requiring immediate attention or remedy. demanding a great deal |
| imperious | arrogantly domineering or overbaring |
| injunction | court ordering enjoining or prohibiting |
| mendicant | a beggar |
| query | inquiry. doubt in the mind |