| A | B |
|---|
| adroit | skillful and adept under pressing conditions |
| assail | assault; attack with or as if with violent blows |
| bequeath | leave to someone by a will; hand down |
| cajole | influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering |
| coalesce | combine; fuse; grow together; come together so as to form one whole; unite |
| despondent | in low spirits from loss of hope or courage |
| divulge | reveal; make known to public |
| ephemeral | short-lived; enduring a very short time |
| flagrant | obvious and offensive, blatant, scandalous; flaming into notice |
| impetuous | marked by sudden and violent force; hasty; impulsive and passionate |
| inherent | firmly established by nature or habit |
| modicum | limited quantity; small or moderate amount; any small thing |
| painstaking | extremely careful and diligent work or effort; taking of pains |
| plausible | likely but not certain to be or become true or real |
| reap | gain; harvest a crop from; get or derive; obtain as a result of effort |
| rouse | pull or haul strongly and all together, as upon a rope, without the assistance of mechanical appliances |
| stagnant | not moving |
| supercilious | arrogant; feeling or showing haughty disdain; overbearing |
| ubiquitous | being or existing everywhere; omnipresent |
| virulent | extremely poisonous; hostile; bitter |
