| A | B |
|---|
| accord | agreement, state of harmony |
| annulment | a voiding, invalidation |
| arduous | very difficult to accomplish or achieve |
| astute | shrewd, perspicacious, perceptive |
| carping | finding fault |
| covert | secret, concealed |
| desecrate | to violate the sanctity of something, to profane, to adulerate |
| dilatory | delaying, slow |
| esteem | estimate of value; approval and respect often blended with fondness |
| expatriate | an exile |
| fortuitous | something that happens by accident or chance (usually good) |
| guileless | without deceit |
| hackneyed | trite, banal, lacking freshness |
| illustrious | notably outstanding, famous |
| insatiable | incapable of being satsified |
| loquacious | very talkative |
| neurotic | an emotionally unstable person, emotionally unstable |
| parch | to become dry from heat, shrivel from heat |
| rancid | having a foul or offensive smell or taste |
| porous | something that permits the passage of substances through pores |
| reconcile | to reestablish friendship, to resolve a dispute |
| saccharine | overly sweet attitude |
| sonorous | resonant, producing a full and rich sound |
| tentative | not fully worked out, provisional, uncertain |
| utility | usefulness |
