| A | B |
|---|
| abhor | to loathe or detest |
| surfeit | excess, overindulge |
| superfluous | unnecessary |
| slander | untruthful spoken attack on one's reputation |
| apathy | lack of interest or caring |
| ambiguous | unclear, having more than one meaning |
| indifference | lack of interest, feeling, and opinion |
| succumb | to give way to superior force |
| precarious | unstable, insecure |
| skeptical | showing doubt and disbelief |
| vacillation | wavering, going back and forth |
| terminate | to bring to an end |
| paucity | small amounts or number |
| penchant | a strong taste or disliking |
| philanthropist | someone who gives to worthy causes |
| truncate | shorten by cutting off |
| prodigal | wasteful |
| spendthrift | a person who spends money wastefully |
| utility | usefulness |
| versatile | capable of doing many things well |
| integrity | honesty, moral uprightness |
| novice | a person who is new at something |
| revere | to regard with awe |
| sobriety | being quiet or serious |
| yearnings | deep longings |
| exploit | to take advantage of, use selfishly for one's own ends |
| hoard | to accumulate or stash away |
| presumptuous | bold to the point of rudeness |
| subtle | hardly noticeable |
| taint | to affect with something harmful, to contaminate |
| abstemious | sparing in the use of food or drink |
| plateau | a condition of neither growth nor decline |
| replete | gorged with good, sated |
| satiate | satisfy fully |
