| A | B |
|---|
| asperity | n. harshness of temper |
| augury | n. omen; portent |
| beleaguer | v. harass |
| besmirch | v. to smirch; to soil (as a reputation) |
| caprice (capricious,capriciously,capriciousness) | n. sudden whim or fancy |
| compendium | n. brief summary of a larger work or field of knowledge |
| cloy | v. to disgust or nauseate with excess of something originally pleasing |
| culpable | adj. deserving blame |
| crux | n. puzzling or difficult problem; crucial point |
| curt | adj. rudely abrupt |
| decimate | v. to destroy completely or a large part of |
| diaphanous | adj. of so fine a texture to be transparent |
| discursive | adj. passing from a topic to topic; rambling |
| dolt | n. stupid person |
| droll | adj. having humorous whimsical, or odd quality |
