| A | B |
|---|
| jejune | lacking in nutritive value; juvenile; lacking in interest |
| credulous | too ready to believe, easily deceived |
| infirmity | a weakness or ailment |
| berate | to scold sharply |
| expatiate | to move about freely, to expand upon |
| deplete | to diminish greatly; to use as a result of spending or consumption |
| extraneous | coming from the outside, foreign; present but not essential |
| inception | the beginning, start, earliest stage of some process |
| criterion | a rule, test; a standard for judgment |
| amenable | liable to be held responsible for; willing to follow advice or authority, tractable, submissive; responsive |
| carnage | large-scale slaughter or loss of life |
| tortuous | winding, twisted, crooked; highly involved, complex; devious |
| sententious | self-righteous, characterized by moralizing; given to use of adages; saying much in few words |
| obdurate | stubborn, unyeilding |
| potpourri | a collection of diverse or miscellaneous items; a general mixture |
| precocious | showing unusually early developments |
| providential | happening as though through divine intervention; characterized by good fortune |
| ostensible | capable of being shown or exhibited; apparent, appearing to be true or actual |
| surfeit | to feed or supply with anything to excess; an excess or overindulgence |
| sadistic | delighting in cruelty, excessively cruel |
| turgid | swollen, bloated, filled to excess; overdecorated or excessive in langugae |
| supplicate | to beg earnestly and humbly |
