| A | B |
|---|
| arrogance | n. the state or quality of being arrogant; overbearning pride |
| docile | adj. ready and willing to be taught; teachable; yielding to supervision, direction, or management; tractable |
| frivolous | adj. unworthy of serious attention; trivial; inappropriately silly |
| kindle | v. to build or fuel (a fire); ignite; to cause to glow; light up; to arouse (emotion, for example); to catch fire; burst into flame |
| seethe | v. to churn and foam as if boiling; to be in a state of turmoil or ferment; to be violently excited or agitated |
| sinister | adj. suggesting or threatening evil; ominous; attended by or causing disaster |
| smug | adj. exhibiting or feeling great or offensive satisfaction with oneself or with one's situation; self-righteously complacent |
| spurn | v. to reject disdainfully or contemptuously; scorn; to kick at or tread on disdainfully; n. a contemptous rejection |
| unscrupulous | adj. devoid of scruples; oblivious to or contemptuous of what is right or honorable |
| yearn | v. to have a strong, often melancholy desire; to feel deep pity, sympathy, or tenderness |
