| A | B |
|---|
| scathing | adj. bitterly severe |
| expostulate | v. to reason earnestly in order to persuade |
| palpable | adj. able to be felt or touched |
| extricate | v. to free or remove from entanglement |
| lurid | adj. gruesome. causing horror or revulsion |
| vapid | adj. lacking liveliness or force. dull |
| bombastic | adj. overblown with words, but lacking in ideas |
| drivel | n. nonsense, foolish talk |
| austere | adj. stern or cold in appearance 2. allowing for no pleasure |
| permeate | v. to spread through |
| irrevocable | adj. unalterable. can't change |
| stringent | adj. marked by strictness |
| filch | v. steal |
| wheedle | v. to gain or get by soft words or flattery |
| erudite | adj. learned |
| transient | n. one who is passing through |
| inscrutable | adj. not easily investigated or understood |
| disconcert | v. to throw into confusion; to disturb the composure of |
| querulous | adj. complaining, fretful |
| amorphous | adj. having no definite form |
