| A | B |
|---|
| formidable | having qualities that discourage approach or attack |
| gauche | lacking social grace, tacky, crude |
| guile | deception, trickery |
| histrionic | melodramatic, theatrical |
| hypothetical | something assumed for the purposes of argument |
| impervious | not capable of being affected or disturbed |
| inadvertent | unintentional, not done on purpose |
| incumbent | imposed as a duty or obligation |
| inference | a conclusion drawn from facts with some certainty |
| intaglio | the process of engraving with the image sunk below the surface |
| invalidate | to weaken or destroy the value of |
| jettison | to get rid of something burdensome |
| lassitude | a condition of weariness, fatigue or debility |
| livid | very angry, enraged |
| machination | a plot intended to accomplish some evil deed |
| mercenary | one that serves merely for monetary gain |
| morbid | abnormally characterized by gloomy or unwholesome feelings |
| noisome | offensive to the senses, especially the sense of smell |
| overt | open to view, not secret |
| palette | a board upon which a painter mixes colors |
