| A | B |
|---|
| abhor | to regard with extreme repugnance; detest |
| accolade | praise; an award |
| ascetic | one who leads a life of self-denial and contemplation |
| bequeath | to hand down, to give or leave in a will |
| charlatan | one who claims to know something that he does not |
| conflagration | a large fire |
| dearth | a lack; scarcity |
| diffidence | shyness, reserve, unassertiveness |
| effervescent | showing high spirits |
| ethereal | heavenly, unusually delicate; light |
| expunge | to remove, erase |
| guile | deceitfulness, duplicity |
| implausible | not believable |
| incongruity | nonconformity, disagreement |
| insularity | qualities of an island; narrow-mindedness of opinion |
| morose | being sullen or gloomy |
| placate | to appease or to pacify by making concessions |
| poignant | piercing, incisive, and keen |
| provincial | lacking sophistication, narow-minded |
| reiterate | to repeat |
| spontaneous | having no external cause, acting on impulse |
| synthesis | combining parts into a whole |
| toxic | poisonous |
| vigilant | very alert, watchful |
| voluble | ability to use words easily, fluent and glib |
