| A | B |
|---|
| advocate | to speak in favor of |
| ambiguos | doubtful or uncertain; able to be interpreted several ways |
| ardor | intense and passionate feeling |
| cacophony | harsh; jarring noise |
| caustic | biting in wit |
| deference | respect, courtesy |
| dilatory | intended to delay |
| disparate | fundamentally different; entirely unlike |
| engender | to produce,cause, or bring about |
| esoteric | known or understood by only a few |
| exacerbate | to make worse |
| fanatical | acting excessively enthusiastic; filled with extreme, unquestioned devotion |
| iconoclast | one who opposes established beliefs, customs, and institutions |
| innocuous | harmless |
| laconic | using few words |
| misanthrope | a person who dislikes others |
| occlude | to stop up, to prevent passage of |
| perfunctory | done in a routine way; indifferent |
| permeate | to penetrate |
| prevaricate | to lie or deviate from the truth |
| whimsical | acting in a fanciful or capricious manner; unpredictable |
| vacillate | to sway physically; to be indecisive |
| repudiate | to reject validity of |
