| A | B |
|---|
| acquisitive | able to get and retain ideas or information |
| banal | hackneyed, trite, commonplace |
| belabor | to work excessively |
| coherent | comprehensible, meaningful |
| emulate | to imitate |
| eschew | to avoid, to keep away from |
| germane | relevant, fitting |
| insatiable | so great or demanding as not to be satisfied |
| reconnaissance | a survey made for military purposes |
| substantiate | to establish by evidence, to prove |
| taciturn | silent or quiet |
| temporize | to stall |
| tenable | able to be defended |
| accost | to approach and speak to first |
| animadversion | strong criticism or disapproval |
| avid | intensely eager |
| devious | tricky, acting in a shifty or underhanded way |
| halcyon | calm, peaceful |
| histrionic | theatrical, melodramatic |
| incendiary | deliberately setting or causing fires |
| maelstrom | a whirlpool |
| overt | open, not hidden |
| pejorative | tending to make worse, derogatory |
| propriety | appropriateness |
| sacrilege | improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred |
| talisman | an amulet, something believed to hold magical powers |
| undulate | to move in waves or wavelike motion |
| articulate | to pronounce distinctly |
| credence | belief, mental acceptance |
| distraught | very upset as a result of a mental conflict |
| eulogy | a formal statement of commendation, high praise |
| exhume | to remove from a grave |
| murky | dark and gloomy, obscure |
| nefarious | wicked, depraved |
| utopian | involving a visionary view of an ideal world |
| verdant | green in tint or color; immature |
| atrophy | to waste away |
| bastion | a stronghold, a fortified place |
| consummate | complete or perfect in the highest degree |
| disarray | disorder, confusion |
| frenetic | frenzied, frantic |
| glean | to gather bit by bit, to collect |
| incarcerate | to imprison, to jail |
| jocular | humorous, joking |
| ludicrous | ridiculous, absurd |
| pusillanimous | cowardly, mean-spirited |
| stratagem | a scheme, a trick |
| acuity | sharpness (mind) |
| delineate | to portray or describe in detail |
| depraved | marked by evil and corruption |
| fecund | fruitful in offspring or vegetation |
| fiat | an order, edict |
| figment | a fabrication of the mind |
| garner | to acquire through effort |
| hallow | to set apart as holy or sacred |
| idiosyncrasy | a peculiarity that serves to identify |
| mundane | ordinary |
| nuance | a slight variation |
| reputed | alleged, supposed |
| sumptuous | costly, rich |
