| A | B |
|---|
| peccadillo | a minor offense |
| usurp | to use something without the right to do so |
| evanescent | vanishing; fading away; fleeting |
| maelstrom | 1. whirlpool 2. a situation marked by confusion, turbulence, strong feelings, violence, or destruction |
| garner | to earn or acquire something by effort; to gather something into storage or into a granary |
| pliant | bending easily 2. easily adapted or modified 3. easily persuaded or influenced |
| cadence | rhythm |
| dissipate | 1. to fade or disappear, or make something do this 2. to spend or use something wastefully |
| mercurial | changeable; volatile; fickle; flighty; erratic |
| cant | 1. boring talk filled with clichés and platitudes 2. insincere talk, especially regarding morals or |
| muster | . to gather people or things together |
| diaphanous | delicate or gauzy, so as to be transparent |
| bauble | trinket, something that is small and decorative but of little real value |
| coalesce | to merge or cause things to merge into a single body or group |
| fractious | irritable and likely to complain or misbehave |
| milieu | the surroundings or environment that somebody lives in and is influenced by |
| supersede | replace something less efficient |
| banal | boringly ordinary and lacking in originality |
| transgression | a crime or any act that violates a law, command, or moral code |
| rant | to speak or say something in a very loud, aggressive, or bombastic way, usually at length and repetitively |
| innocuous | harmless in effect |
| canard | hoax, a deliberately false report or rumor, especially something silly intended as a joke |
| disperse | to cause something to scatter in different directions, or scatter in this way; to cause something to disappear |
| abiding | permanent or long-lasting; enduring |
| enclave | 1. region surrounded by foreign territory 2. a distinct group that lives or operates together within a larger community |
