| A | B |
|---|
| ponderous | very heavy; massive |
| pertains | concerns; has to do with |
| edifice | a building, esp. a large and imposing one |
| inauspicious | not favorable; not promising |
| physiognomies | faces; facial features |
| indubitably | unquestionably |
| heterodox | unorthodox; not agreeing with established beliefs |
| venerable | impressive because of age or reputation |
| sumptuary | intended to regulate extravagance |
| iniquity | wickedness |
| ignominious | shameful; humiliating |
| haughty | proud in a disdainful way; arrogant |
| rankles | causes pain |
| inferred | drawn as a conclusion |
| contumely | insulting rudeness; scorn |
| disdainful | proudly aloof; scornful |
| cloister | a monastery or convent |
| visage | face; facial features |
| manifest | evident; obvious |
| heterogenous | having a foreign origin |
| imperceptible | not noticeable or observable |
| sagacity | wisdom |
| eminent | distinguished; high in rank or position |
| mien | a person's manner or bearing |
| tremulous | quivering; trembling |
| effectual | likely to produce a desired result |
| impeccable | perfect |
| peerless | without equal |
| ossified | fixed; rigid |
| disheveled | messy; untidy |
| unfathomable | cannot be understood or worked out |
| palliative | improving the situation without curing it |
| eloquent | well expressed; persuasive |
| exuberant | full of life; joyful |
| obstreperous | boisterous |
| peripheral | pertaining to the edges or something insignificant |
| destitute | poor; without means of support |
| indelible | cannot be erased; permanent |
| salvo | barrage; burst of firing |
| furlough | official leave of absence |
| disingenuous | crafty; insincere |
| ostensible | apparent; evident |
| debunk | expose as false |
| fabrication | falsification |
| idiosyncratic | quirky; unique |
| despotic | tyrannical |
| suppliant | one praying humbly for something |
| obdurate | stubbornly persistent; resistant to tender feelings |
| blight | disease that destroys plants and crops |
| beseech | to request earnestly |
| sluggard | an idle, slothful person |
| expiation | the act of atoning for sin or wrongdoing |
| suborn | to incite someone to commit a crime |
| unscathed | not injured or harmed |
| recompense | payment or reward |
| teeming | filled abundantly with living things |
| flout | treat with contemptuous disregard |
| calumny | a misrepresentation intended to harm another's reputation |
| charlatan | a flamboyant deceiver |
| reverberate | ring or echo with sound |
| glib | artfully persuasive in speech |
