| A | B |
|---|
| ingenuous | (adj) naive; young; unsophisticated |
| ingratiate | (v) to make oneself agreeable and thus gain favorable acceptance by others (sometimes used in a critical or derogatory sense) |
| inhibition | (n) any inner impediment to free activity, expression; restraint |
| morose | (adj) ill-humored; sullen |
| placate | (v) to pacify; conciliate |
| platitude | (n) a commonplace, state, or trite remark |
| potent | (adj) powerful; persuasive; greatly influential |
| renounce | (v) to abandon; to discontinue; to disown; to repudiate |
| seclusion | (n) isolation; solitude |
| thwart | (v) to oppose successfully; to prevent, frustrate, foil |
