| A | B |
|---|
| frustrate | to thwart; hinder; balk |
| furtive | secret; surreptitious; sneaky |
| gadfly | one who annoys others with questions |
| galvanize | to startle into action; to stimulate |
| gamut | the whole range or extent |
| gargantuan | of extraordinary size; huge; gigantic |
| gauche | lacking social graces; awkward; tactless |
| genial | warm; friendly; cordial; pleasant |
| grandiloquent | speaking in a pompous style; pretentious; haughty |
| gregarious | fond of company; sociable; friendly; seekig companionship |
| grimace | a facial expression of fear or pain; scowl |
| harangue | a long noisy speech or lecture; tirade |
| harry | to torment another; harass; pester |
| hearth | a fireplace |
| heinous | hatefully, shockingly evil; abhorrent; horrid |
| heresy | a religious belief opposed to doctrine; nonconformity |
| hoax | a practical joke; deception; fraud |
| hue | a particular shade or tint of color |
| humility | absence of vanity; modest; humbleness |
| hurtle | to dash; to move swiftly with great force |
| hyperbole | extreme exaggeration |
| hypercritical | overly critical; faultfinding |
| ingominy | public shame, disgrace, or dishonor; infamy |
| impeccable | faultless; without sin or blemish; irreproachable |
| implacable | cannot be appeased or pacified; inflexible; relentless |
| inane | without sense or meaning; silly; foolish |
| incarcerate | to put into prison; to confine |
| incisive | sharp; keen; acute; penetrating |
| incongnito | hiding one's identity; masquerading |
| indiscreet | not wise or judicious; imprudent in speech or action; rash |
| inert | inactive; dormant; passive; idle |
| inexorable | cannot be moved or influenced; adamant; implacable |
| inscrutable | cannot be easily understood; mysterious; incomprehensible |
| insipid | without flavor; dull; lifeless |
| intrepid | without fear; brave; bold |
| irascible | easily angered; irritable; ill-tempered |
| jaundiced | cynical; skeptical |
| jaunty | stylish; carefree; fashionable |
| jettison | to throw goods overboard; discard |
| jingoism | extreme patriotism |
| jocose | joking; humorousl witty |
| juggernaut | a terrible destructive or irresistable force |
| latent | present, but not active; hidden; dormant |
| laudable | worthy of praise; commendable; honorable |
| lethargy | lack of energy; drowsiness; disinterest |
| levity | lightness or gaiety or disposition; frivolity |
| lexicon | a dictionary; a special vocabulary |
| libation | an alchoholic drink |
| liege | a lord, master, or sovereign |
| magnanimous | noble; generous of spirit; forgiving |
| marital | having to do with marriage; nuptial; conjugal |
| mercenary | one who works only for money, esp. a soldier |
| meticulous | extremely careful of small deatails; fastidious |
| motley | made up of different or dissimilar parts; disparate |
| mundane | ordinary, earthy, of this world and not heaven |
| murky | gloomy, dark, cloudy, dingy |
| myriad | a very large number; countless, innumerable |
| naive | simple in nature; innocent; unnsophisticated |
| nocturnal | having to do with night; nightly |
| novice | a beginner; pupil; apprentice |
| noxious | harmful to the health; injurious |
| nuance | delicate variation in tone, color, meaning, expression |
| obese | extremely fat; corpulent; rotund |
| obstreperous | boisterous; unruly; noisy; uncontrolled |
| odium | hatred; abhorrence |
| officious | offering unnecessary, unwanted advise; meddlesome, interfering |
| ominous | threatening; predicting evil; foreaboding; sinister |
| omniscient | all-knowing |
| ostensible | apparent; pretended; professed |
| ostrasize | to banish; to shut out from a group; banish; exile |
| pandemonium | wild disorder; chaos; tumult |
| parsimonious | stingy; too economical; frugal; cheap |
| penitent | expressing sorrow for having sinned or done wrong; ashamed; remorseful |
| pernicious | causing injury; evil or wicked; detrimental; destructive |
| pertinent | relevant; appropriate |
