| A | B |
|---|
| LAMBASTE | Denounce; strongly criticize |
| QUIESCENT | Marked by inactivity; in a state of quiet repose |
| PROVISIONAL | Tentative; temporary; for the time being |
| LURID | Sensational; shocking; ghastly |
| TRUCULENT, PUGNACIOUS, BELLIGERENT | Defiantly aggressive; eager to fight |
| PROPITIATE | To appease; to conciliate; to regain the favor or goodwill of |
| ELAN | A vigorous spirit; great enthusiasm |
| PERFUNCTORY | In a spiritless, mechanical, and routine manner |
| APLOMB | Self-assurance; confident composure; admirable poise under pressure |
| OPAQUE | Hard to understand; impenetrably dense and obscure |
| CRAVEN | Cowardly; CONTEMPTIBLY faint-hearted; BASE |
| VENAL | Corrupt; dishonest; open to bribery |
| LICENTIOUS | Immoral; DISSOLUTE; DEBAUCHED |
| NOXIOUS | Harmful; injurious to physical, mental, or moral health; PERNICIOUS |
| SUPERFLUOUS, EXTRANEOUS | Unnecessary; extra |
| DUPLICITOUS | Deliberately deceptive in behavior or speech |
| PROFLIGATE | Wasteful; SQUANDERING time and money by living for the moment |
| EPIPHANY | A sudden realization; an insightful moment |
| INSIDIOUS | Causing harm in a SUBTLE or stealthy manner; INJURIOUS |
| VACUOUS, INANE | Empty; lacking serious purpose; VAPID |
| HARBINGER, PORTENT, PRESAGE | Something that FORESHADOWS a future event; an omen; a PROGNOSTIC |
| BELEAGUER | To beset; to surround with problems |
| BURGEON | To grow rapidly; to expand |
| IMPERIOUS | Domineering and arrogant; haughty |
| PETULANT, QUERULOUS | Peevish; irritable; whining or complaining in a childlike way |
| COMPLAISANT | Agreeable; marked by a pleasing personality; AFFABLE; AMIABLE |
| FAWNING, OBSEQUIOUS | Behaving in a SERVILE or SUBSERVIENT manner; SYCOPHANTIC; overly obedient; submissive |
| OBDURATE, INTRANSIGENT | Very stubborn; OBSTINATE; unyieldingly persistent; inflexible; INTRACTABLE |
| REDOLENT, REMINISCENT | Having a strong specific smell; bringing to mind; suggestive of |
| CHICANERY | Deception by SUBTERFUGE; deliberate trickery and ARTIFICE |
| CONUNDRUM | A difficult problem; a dilemma with no easy solution |
| SLIGHT | To treat in a disparaging manner; to deliberately ignore; to disrespect |
| CAPITULATE | To surrender; to comply without protest |
| DISHEARTENING | Very discouraging; dismaying; dispiriting |
| APOCRYPHAL | Of doubtful authenticity; false; SPURIOUS |
| MAGISTERIAL | Learned and authoritative |
| PLASTIC, MALLEABLE, PLIABLE | Flexible; easily shaped, especially by outside influences or forces |
| CHAGRIN | The feeling of distress caused by humiliation, failure, or embarrassment |
| OBSTREPEROUS | Noisily and stubbornly defiant; unruly; boisterous |
| IDYLLIC | Charmingly simple and carefree |
| DILAPIDATED | In a state of disrepair; broken-down; in deplorable condition |
| EXTEMPORIZE, IMPROVISE | To lecture or speak without notes in an IMPROMPTU way |
| MYRIAD | Many; numerous |
| UNGAINLY | Awkward; clumsy; NOT graceful |
| DILATORY | Habitually late; tardy |
| VITU PERATIVE | Characterized by verbal abuse and bitter criticism |
| DISCORDANT | Not in harmony; incompatible; at variance with, as in a DISCORDANT detail that doesn't fit a pattern |
| PERFIDY | Deliberate breach offaith or trust; disloyalty |
| PERFIDIOUS | Treacherous; traitorous; deceitful; faithless |
| PROLIFERATE | To increase rapidly |
| INDOMITABLE, RESOLUTE | Very determined; unwavering |
| MORIBUND | Approaching death; about to become OBSOLETE |
| NUANCE | A SUBTLE shade of meaning or feeling; a slight degree of difference |
| FLIPPANT, FACETIOUS | Treating serious matters with lighthearted humor or lack of respect |
| CREDULOUS | Easily convinced; tending to believe too readily; GULLIBLE |
| INCREDULOUS | Disbelieving, SKEPTICAL |
| FLORID | Flowery in style; very ORNATE |
| EXCORIATING, SCATHING | Expressing strong disapproval; condemning; loudly DECRYING |
| INTERLOPER | An intruder; a gatecrasher |
| CEREBRAL | Intellectual rather than emotional |
| VISCERAL | Instinctive rather than rational |
| NONPLUSSED, CONFOUNDED | Utterly PERPLEXED; completely puzzled; totally bewildered |
| IGNOMINIOUS | Humiliating; shameful; disgraceful |
| EUPHONY | Soothing or pleasant sounds; harmony |
| CACOPHONY | Harsh, clashing, jarring, grating sounds; disharmony |
| VACILLATE | To WAVER; to hesitate; to swing back and forth; to be indecisive |
| TIMOROUS | Showing nervousness or fear |
| NARCISSIST | A person with a psychological condition characterized by self-preoccupation, lack of EMPATHY, vanity, and a feeling of self-entitlement |
| INSOLENT, IMPUDENT | Boldly insulting; brash; rude |
