| A | B |
|---|
| distraught | very much agitated or upset as a result of emotion or mental conflict |
| credence | belief, mental acceptance |
| feckless | lacking in spirit and strength; ineffective, weak; irresponsible, unreliable |
| decry | to condemn, express strong disapproval; to officially depreciate |
| articulate | expressed clearly and forcefully; able to employ language clearly and forcefully; jointed |
| derogatory | designed to belittle or degrade; disparaging |
| cavort | to romp or prance around exuberantly |
| dissemble | to disguise or conceal, deliberately give a false impression |
| eulogy | a formal statement of commendation; high praise |
| exhume | to remove from a grave; to bring to light |
| evince | to display clearly, to make evident; to provoke |
| verdant | green in color or tint; immature in experience or judgment |
| verbiage | language that is too wordy or inflated in proportion to the sense or content, wordiness |
| murky | dark and gloomy, obscure; lacking in clarity and precision |
| propinquity | nearness in place or time; kinship |
| intractable | hard to manage, stubborn, not responsive to discipline |
| piquant | stimulating to the taste or mind; spicy, pungent; appealingly provocative |
| utopian | founded upon or involving a visionary view of an ideal world; impractical |
| nefarious | wicked, depraved, devoid of moral standards |
| viscous | having a gelatinous or gluey quality, lacking in easy movement or fluidity |
| unwonted | not usual or expected; not in character |
| primordial | developed or created at the very beginning; going back to the most ancient times or earliest stage; fundamental, basic |
