| A | B |
|---|
| Accumulate | to gather or pile up |
| Appreciation | recognition of the quality, significance, or value of someone or something |
| Conform | to be similar to or match something or someone |
| Conform | to act or be in accord or agreement |
| Persistence | the act or quality of holding firmly to a purpose or task in spite of obstacles |
| Reinforce | to strengthen; to give more force to |
| Motley | unusually varied or mixed |
| Cognitive | related to knowledge or understanding |
| Inviolate | secure against change or violation |
| Counterintuitive | contrary to what one expects |
| Desultory | lacking a fixed plan |
| Discreet | showing good judgment in conduct and speech; unnoticeable; intentionally unobtrusive |
| synthesize | to form by combining parts or elements |
| plethora | an overabundance or excess |
| ambiguous | open to or having several possible meanings or interpretations; lacking clearness |
| fruition | attainment of anything desired; realization; accomplishment |
| adjacent | lying close, next to or contiguous |
| reciprocate | to respond to a gesture, feeling, or action by making a corresponding one |
| obscure | not clear or plain; ambiguous |
| assurance | a guarantee or pledge |
| collapse | to break down or fall apart suddenly and cease to function |
| conceive | to understand or form in the mind; to devise |
| devote | to give one's entire energy or attention to something or someone |
| vision | ability to see; insight |
| affliction | something that causes suffering or pain |
| purge | to eliminate or wash away |
| infamous | having a bad reputation |
| taut | tense or tightly fixed |
| pilgrimage | a journey to a historical or religious site |
| loathsome | hateful or repulsive |
| benevolent | characterized by expressing goodwill or kindly feelings |
| allusion | an indirect reference to a famous person, place, event, or literary work |
| universal theme | a message that can be found throughout the literature of all time periods |
| theme | the underlying messages an author wants the audience to understand |
| ludicrous | causing laughter because of absurdity; ridiculous |
| zeal | eager or enthusiastic desire or endeavor |
| inquisitive | eager for knowledge, intellectually curious |
| serendipity | the act of making desirable discoveries by accident; good fortune, luck |
| coalesce | to grow together or into one body |
| bias | predisposition toward; preference for one thing over another |
| complementary | completing; forming a whole |
| exploit | to take advantage of; to use for selfish or unethical purposes |
| inclinations | leanings toward; propensities for |
| predominance | superiority in control, force or influence |
| ethos | refers to an ethical appeal that relies on the credibility of the speaker |
| pathos | In this method of appeal, a speaker tries to provoke an emotional response from the audience |
| logos | A speaker using this type of appeal supports his or her claim with reasons and evidence such as facts, examples, and statistics |
| intolerable | incapable of being tolerated or put up with |
| fathom | to penetrate the truth of; comprehend or understand |
| efficacy | capacity for producing a desired result or effect |
| controversy | public disagreement, argument |
| convince | persuade or lead to agreement by means of an argument |
| ethics | rules of conduct or set of principles |
| radical | extreme; desirous of change in established institutions or practices |
| tension | mental strain or excitement |
| facile | easy to make or understand |
| eviscerate | to remove the necessary or important parts |
| indigenous | native to a land |
| extortionist | one who obtains something by force or threat |
| insurgency | rebellion or revolt |
| reparations | compensation or payment from a nation for damage or injury during a war |
| recalcitrant | uncooperative and resistant of authority |
| adamant | inflexible and insistent, unchanging |
| kerfuffle | a fuss, commotion or minor disturbance |
| extrapolate | to form an opinion or to make an estimate about something from known facts |
| assimilate | to take in and utilize; to take into the mid and thoroughly comprehend |
| herculean | tremendous in size, strength, difficulty, or effort |
| expedite | to speed up the progress of; hasten |
| pandemonium | wild and noisy disorder or confusion; uproar |
| hinder | to obstruct or delay the progress of |
| connotation | an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to itss literal or primary meaning |
| allusion | an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference |
