| A | B |
|---|
| adversary | enemy |
| arduous | laborious; hard to do |
| brevity | briefness |
| coercion | forcing someone to act in a certain way |
| copious | abundant |
| deprecate | to express disapproval of |
| duplicity | dishonest dealing |
| enmity | mutual hatred |
| expedite | to speed up a process |
| glib | done or said easily or offhand |
| heresy | controversial opinion |
| incredulous | disbelieving or skeptical |
| indict | to charge with a crime |
| insipid | unexciting; dull |
| loquacious | very talkative |
| misanthrope | one who hates all people |
| obliterate | to destroy completely |
| pariah | a social outcast |
| pejorative | tending to make something worse |
| presumptuous | too bold or forward |
| repeal | to revoke, cancel, or annul |
| scrupulous | conscientious; principled |
| superfluous | being more than is needed |
| terse | brief and to the point |
| vindicate | to clear from blame |
