| A | B |
|---|
| assuage | to provide relief from something distressing or painful |
| taciturn | reserved in speech or manner |
| repertoire | range of abilities and skills |
| vapid | lacking interest or liveliness |
| malevolent | having a desire to harm others |
| predilection | a preferance for something |
| domicile | house, apartment or place where someone lives |
| nebulous | not clear or definite |
| convey | small group of people or things |
| dispensation | exemption or release from a rule |
| irk | to annoy someone slightly |
| furor | angry or indignant public reation to something |
| contemptuous | feeling, expressing, or demonstrating a strong dislike or utter disrespect |
| contentious | frequently engaging in small arguments or disputes |
| diminutive | very small or much smaller than usual |
| fractious | irritable or likely to complain or misbehave |
| amiable | friendly or pleasant to be with |
| auspicious | expression of moral or social disapproval |
| gingerely | very cautious, wary or tentative |
| abominable | extremly repugnant or offensive |
| evasion | not giving a direct answer to a direct question to conceal the truth |
| benign | mild or favorable in effect |
| magisterial | showing great authority or dignity |
| pestilence | epidemic of infectious disease |
| malignant | likely to cause harm |
| aberration | departure from what is normal or desirable |
| accost | to approach and stop somebody in order to speak in an aggressive way |
| perpetrate | commit pr be responsible for something usually criminal or wrong |
| libel | false and malicious published statement that damages somebody's reputation |
| provocation | the act of provoking |
| trousseau | bride's clothing and linen |
| tarry | stay temporarily at a place; to wait |
| obsterperous | noisily and aggressively boisterous, refuse to be controlled |
| invective | abusive expression, language used to blame |
| feeble | lacking physical or mental strength |
