| A | B |
|---|
| ameliorate | to make better; to relieve; to improve |
| augur | to foretell a good or bad outcome |
| base | of low or poor value |
| begrudge | to give reluctantly |
| blasphemy | the act or offense of speaking sacrilegiously about God or sacred things |
| calamity | a serious event causing distress or misfortune |
| confound | to cause one to become confused |
| contempt | the offense of being disobedient to or disrespectful of a court of law and its officers |
| contentious | quarrelsome or stirring controversy |
| ecstatic | feeling or expressing overwhelming happiness or joyful excitement |
| effrontery | extreme boldness |
| indignant | feeling or showing anger or annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment |
| inept | lacking competence or judgment |
| pallor | extreme paleness usually relating to the face |
| placid | peaceful and calm |
| reproach | to blame for something |
| sublime | exalted; noble; uplifting |
