| A | B |
|---|
| knave | an unprincipaled deceitful fellow |
| matriarch | a woman who rules a family or tribe |
| regardless | in spite of everything; anyway |
| unique | being without like or equal; single in kind |
| allude | to refer to casually or indirectly |
| wince | to give a slight involuntary grimace or shrinking movement out of pain or distress |
| euphemism | substituting a mild, indirect term for a harsh, blunt or offensive one |
| witty | quick to discern and express amusing insights or relationships |
| delinquent | a transgressor against duty |
| embellish | to decorate or make beautiful by adding ornamentation |
| obsolete | no longer in use |
| lugubrious | mournful, dismal, gloomy, sorrowful |
| perforate | to make a hole through |
| incredulous | skeptical; disbelieving |
| obsess | to preoccupy the mind excessively |
| divulge | to reveal; especially something private or secret |
| assassinate | to murder by attack for political reasons |
| zealous | eager and enthusistic |
| corrupt | to cause something to change from good to bad |
| vindicate | to clear of accusation, blame or doubt |
