| A | B |
|---|
| temporize | to compromise |
| germane | pertinent |
| piquant | spicy, pungent |
| grouse | a type of game bird |
| halcyon | prosperous, affluent |
| glean | to gather bit by bit |
| pecuniary | consisting of or measured in money |
| mordant | biting or caustic in thought, manner, or style |
| atrophy | the wasting away of a body organ or tissue |
| jocular | humorous, jesting, jolly, joking |
| murky | lacking in clarity and precision |
| frenetic | frenzied highly agitated |
| utopian | founded upon or involving a visionary view of an ideal world |
| eschew | to avoid, shun, keep away from |
| incarcerate | to imprison, confine, jail |
| summarily | without delay or formality |
| feckless | lacking spirit and strength |
| emulate | to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model |
| reconnaissance | a survey made for military purposes |
| viscous | having a gelatinous or gluey quality, lacking in easy movement or fjuidity |
| eschew | to abstain from,steer clear of, forgo |
| sacrilege | improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred |
| credence | belief, mental acceptance |
| distraught | very agitated or upset as a result of emotion or mental conflict |
| coherent | holding or sticking together |
| belabor | to work on excessively |
| distraught | frantic, distracted |
| suppliant | asking humbly and earnestly |
| taciturn | habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little |
| emulate | to copy, mimic, rival, match |
| trust | synonym for withhold (credence) from |
| similarity | synonym the (propinquity) of our thoughts |
| usurped | synonym (arrogated) the prisoner's civil liberties |
| avaricious | synony for the mogul's (acquisitive) nature |
| covenant | synonym for fragile (concord) |
| shum | synonym for (eschew)tradition |
| rebuke | synonym for a wounding (animadversion) |
| encomium | eulogy |
| incarcerated | interned |
| nettle | prickly plant |
| distraught | upset |
| emulated | copied |
| taciturn | laconic |
| invidious | pejorative |
| mordant | sardonic |
