| A | B |
|---|
| acquiesce | to accept or comply tacitly |
| affable | characterized by ease and friendliness |
| benevolent | marked by a disposition for doing good |
| verify | to confirm or substantiate |
| disparity | marked difference in quality or character |
| censure | condemnation |
| ephemeral | of short duration |
| innovation | a new idea, method, or device |
| refute | to prove wrong by argument or evidence |
| amiable | generally sociable or congenial |
| enhance | to make better |
| virulent | marked by a rapid, severe, debilitating course; poisonous; venomous |
| preclude | to rule out in advance |
| antagonist | one who contends with or opposes another |
| complacent | self-satisfied |
| guile | deceiptful cunning |
| indolent | lazy |
| repudiate | to condemn |
| tranquil | peaceful |
| insipid | lacking in qualities that interest, stimulate, or challenge |
| deter | to put off until later |
| fastidious | excessively tidy or picky |
| languid | drooping or flagging as if from exhaustion |
| vacillate | indecisive; to waver in making up one's mind |
| provincial | lacking urbane polish or refinement |
| controversy | marked by the expression of opposing views |
| fallible | liable to make mistakes |
| tactful | showing tact or diplomacy in relations |
| provoke | to incite to anger; to call forth |
| hypocritical | feigning to be what one is not or to believe what one does not |
| scanty | less than sufficient in degree or quantity |
| extol | to praise |
| contempt | lack of respect or reverence |
| infamous | having a reputation of the worst kind |
| hypothesis | a tentative assumption |
| deplete | to empty of principal substance; to lessen in quantity or power |
| expedient | characterized by a concern for what is opporune |
| vilify | to utter slanderous or abusive statements against |
| intemperate | given to excess, especially of intoxicating substances |
| atrophy | wasting away of a body part or tissue |
