| A | B |
|---|
| admonish | to warn, to reprove |
| aspire | to seek to accomplish a goal |
| censorious | critical |
| credulity | belief on slight evidence |
| disdain | to treat with scorn or contempt |
| embryonic | undeveloped; rudimentary |
| facetious | humorous; said in jest without serious intent |
| harginger | forerunner |
| incredulous | without belief; skeptical |
| intractable | unruly or stubborn; hard to manage |
| Machiavellian | crafty; deceitful; double-dealing |
| oblivion | forgetfulness; the condition of being forgotten |
| perspicacious | having keen judgment or understanding; acutely perceptive; having insight |
| pertinacious | persistent; stubborn |
| perturb | to disturb greatly |
| perusal | the act of examining in detail; the act of reading |
| perverse | wrong; improper; wicked; stubbornly disobedient |
| rabid | like a fanatic; furious |
| salient | prominent |
| stymie | to present an obstacle; to stump |
