| A | B |
|---|
| amplify | to make stronger, larger, greater, louder, or the like |
| armistice | a temporary peace, halt in fighting |
| arrogant | haughty, too convinced of one's own importance |
| bland | gentle, soothing, mild; lacking interest or taste |
| disclaim | to deny interest in or connection with; to give up all claim to |
| epoch | a distinct period of time, age |
| estrange | to drift apart or become unfriendly; to cause such a separation; to remove or keep at a distance |
| gratify | to please, satisfy; to indulge or humor |
| infinite | exceedingly great, inexhaustible, without limit, endless; an incalculable number, the concept of infinity; a name for God |
| irascible | easily made angry, hot-tempered |
| kindred | a person's relatives; a family relationship; related by blood; like, similar |
| naive | innocent, unsophisticated, showing lack of worldly knowledge and experience |
| niche | a decorative recess in a wall; a suitable place or position for a person or thing |
| obliterate | to blot out completely, destroy utterly |
| ramshackle | appearing ready to collapse, loose and shaky |
| ransack | to search or examine thoroughly; to rob, plunder |
| rote | unthinking routine or repetition, a fixed or mechanical way of doing something; based on a mechanical routine |
| solvent | able to meet one's financial obligations; having the power to dissolve other substances; a liquid used to dissolve other substances; something that solves, explains, eliminates, or softens |
| tedious | long and tiresome |
| vendor | a person who sells something |
