| A | B |
|---|
| to caution or advise against something; to scold midly; to remind of a duty | admonish |
| an opening gap; a violation or infraction; to create an opening, break through | breach |
| careful, cautious | circumspect |
| to spread or scatter freely or widely; wordy, long-winded, or unfocused; scattered or widely spread | diffuse |
| to wipe out; to keep oneself from bieng noticed | efface |
| to make a mess of; muddle through: to get by; a hopeless mess | muddle |
| sudden and violent but brief; fitful, intermittent | spasmodic |
| not genuine, not true, not valid | spurious |
| uncontrolled, lacking in restraint | unbridled |
| having a pleasing appearance | comely |
| loose in one's morals or behaiver | dissolute |
| not regular or consistant; different from what is ordinary excepted; undependable | erratic |
| a delibrately deceptive movement; a pretense; to make a deceptive movement; to make a pretense of | feint |
| food for horses or cattle; raw material for a designated purpose | fodder |
| bringing in money, profitable | lucrative |
| to reproduce, increase, or spread rapidly | proliferate |
| to conquer by force, bring under complete control | subjagate |
| to soil, stain, tarnish, defile, besmirch | sully |
| to tease, torment by teasing | tantilize |
| brief and to the point | terse |
| firm, showing no signs of fear, not drawing back | unflinching |
| a follower, supporter; attached, sticking to | adherent |
| an angry argument | altercation |
| resembling an angel portrayed as a little child with a beautiful, round, or chubby face; sweet and innocent | cherubic |
| to pardon or overlook | condone |
| famous, outstanding, distinguished; projecting | eminent |
| to drive out by magic; to disspose of something troublesome, menacing, or oppresive | exorcise |
| angry | irate |
| a raider, plunderer | mauauder |
| to steal in small quantities | pilfer |
| a split, break, breach | rift |
| a likeness; an outward appearence; an appartioin | semblance |
| to overcome, rise above | surmount |
| commonplace; overused, stale | trite |
| to seize and hold a position by force or without right | usurp |
| to run off and hide | abscond |
| a lack of government | anarchy |
| hard to do, reguiring much effort | arduous |
| favorable; fortunate | auspicious |
| to overcome with fear, intimidate; to dishearten, discourage | daunt |
| determined in advance by destiny or fortune | fated |
| to mislead by a trick, deceive | hoodwink |
| very brave, fearless, unshakable | intrepid |
| overly self-important in speech or manner; excessively stately or ceremonious | pompous |
| a very steep cliff; the brink or edge of disaster | precipice |
| to attack with words, call bad names | revile |
| a substance that causes or hastens a chemical reaction; any agent that causes change | catalyst |
| not able to be corrected, beyond control | incorrigible |
| hidden, present but not realized | latent |
| having a gloomy or sullen manner; not friendly or sociable | morose |
| not having light through; not clear or lucid; dense, stupid | opaque |
| chief in importance, above all others | paramount |
| to talk in an aimless, foolish, or simple way; baby talk | prattle |
| to offer arguments or evidense that contradict an assertion to refute | rebut |
| careless and hasty | slapdash |
| to give way to superior force, yield | succumb |
| to absorb fully or make one's own; to adopt as one's own; to adapt fully | assimilate |
| the time between; temporary, coming between two points in time | interim |
| to flood, overflow; to overwhelm by numbers or size | inundate |
| to speak evil of, slander; evil | malign |
| noisy; unruly, disorderly | obstreperous |
| thoughtful; melancholy | pensive |
| lively, full of life; spicy, flavorful | sprightly |
| a long, angry speech, usually very critical | tirade |
| to comfort; the keyboard of an organ; a control panel for an electrical or mechanical device | console |
| refuse, waste products | dross |
| lacking in seriousness; disrespectful, saucy | flippant |
| quarrelsome, fond of fighting | pugnacious |
| to make young agian, to renew | rejuvenate |
| to reward, pay, reimburse | remunerate |
| giving assistance or support; a helper, aid | auxiliary |
| frank, sincere; imparitial; unposed | candid |
| a representative or messanger (as of a government) | envoy |
| to elevate; to increase in intensity | escalate |
| a means to an end; advantageous, useful | expedient |
| to pretend | feign |
| causing sorrow or pain; serious | grievous |
| to force, drive forward | impel |
| disbelieving, skeptical | incredulous |
| a speech by one actor; a long talk by one person | monologue |
| a forcast of the probable couse and outcome of a disease or situation | prognosis |
| offensive, disagreeable, distasteful | repugnant |
| to sink a ship by cutting holes in it; to get rid of something in a decisive way; to run hastily, scurry; a pail | scuttle |
| to conduct or bear oneself, behave; to be in agreement | comport |
| sober or serious in manner, modest | demure |
| to prevent by acting first | forestall |
| one who puts forward a proposal; one who supports a cause or belief | proponent |
| to shake, tremble; to trill | quaver |
| a small stream | rivulet |
| a law | statute |
| sufficient to be noticed or measured | appreciable |
| to remove the color from; to make or turn pale; to parboil | blanch |
| planned or pewrformed in cooperation with others | concerted |
| very famous, distinguished | illustrious |
| bending easily, limber | lithe |
| intended to undermine or overthrow; one who advocates or attemps to undermine a political system | subversive |
| to lose size, strength, or power | wane |
| to disagree; disagreement | dissent |
| work that is hard and tiresome | drudgery |
| angry and bad-tempered; rude | surly |
