| A | B |
|---|
| gullible | easily cheated or fooled |
| mawkish | excessively sentimental |
| raffish | cheaply vulgar in appearance |
| continuum | a continuous whole |
| travail | strenuous physical effort |
| intrepid | fearless |
| languid | lacking energy |
| exodus | a mass departure |
| influx | a mass arrival |
| abash | to make ashamed |
| incessant | nonstop |
| latent | laying hidden |
| eloquent | expressive in speech |
| diffident | timid |
| malcontent | dissatisfied with existing conditions |
| eminent | standing out |
| wince | to flinch |
| prudent | cautious |
| augment | to make greater |
| ebullience | enthusiastic |
| rhetoric | art of using language effectively |
| pandemic | widespread; general |
| dogmatic | authoritative, often arrogant assertion of opinions or beliefs |
| idyllic | charming in a rustic way; naturally peaceful |
| philippic | verbal denunciation characterized by harsh, insulting language |
| cryptic | having a hidden meaning |
| choleric | hot-tempered; quick to anger |
| peccadillo | a slight sin or fault; minor offense |
| emphatic | forcibly expressive |
| logistics | management of the details of an operation |
| circumspect | cautious; heedful of consequences |
| abstract | difficult to understand; impersonal |
| defunct | dead or inactive; ceased to exist |
| succinct | brief and to the point; concise; terse |
| palpable | capable of being touched or felt |
| accountable | responsible, liable, answerable |
| ostensible | offered as genuine or real; apparent |
| pliable | receptive to change; easily persuaded or controled; easily bent or twisted |
| adroit | skillful; deft |
| bauble | a small, inexpensive trinket |
| skullduggery | trickery; underhandedness |
| ancillary | helping; extra; providing assistance |
| sedentary | requiring much sitting; accustomed to little exercise |
| cursory | rapid and superficial; perform with haste |
| predatory | victimizing or destroying others for one's own gain |
| symmetry | exact correspondence of form on opposite sides of a dividing line |
| tawdry | gaudy and cheap in appearance or nature |
| ambulatory | of or for walking; capable of walking |
| idolatry | blind or excessive devotion to something |
| pecuniary | consisting of or relating to money |
| panorama | an unbroken view of a wide area |
| saga | a long story, often telling the history of a family |
| plethora | excessive fullness; superabundance |
| gradient | a rate of inclination; a slope |
| adherent | a follower of a leader; supporter |
| vent | a means of escape or release; an outlet; a small hole |
| armament | military supplies and weapons; the process of arming for war |
| presentiment | a sense that something is about to occur; a premonition |
| corpulent | fat; obese |
| circumvent | to surround; enclose; bypass |
