| A | B |
|---|
| condone | to overlook an offense; pardon; excuse |
| connive | to cooperate secretly; collaborate; conspire |
| connoisseur | an expert in food, wine, art, culture |
| contrite | showing deep regret; repentant; remorseful |
| copious | abundant; plentiful; large in quantity |
| crass | coarse; stupid; tasteless; crude |
| credence | belief, trust, faith |
| culinary | having to do with cooking or the kitchen |
| culmination | end, finale, climax; final attainment of something |
| cult | a fad-like devotion, sect |
| cynical | inclined to distrust; skeptical; scornful |
| decorum | conformity to accepted standards; propriety, dignity |
| demagogue | a leader who appeals to emotion and prejudices; agitator |
| demure | quiet and modest; reserved |
| deprecate | to express disapproval; belittle; disparage |
| destitute | extremely poor; penniless; impoverished |
| diffident | shy; lacking confidence; timid |
| dilemma | a difficult choice; predicament; quandary |
| dilettante | amateur; dabbler; studies art, etc. for amusement |
| disparity | inequality; difference; disproportion |
| divulge | to tell, to reveal; disclose |
| docile | easy to teach or manage; submissive; compliant |
| dogmatic | arrogant; dictatorial |
| dole | to distribute; to give out sparingly |
| dolorous | mournful, sad, sorrowful |
| dour | gloomy, sullen, stern |
| droll | amusing in an odd way; funny; wry |
| duplicity | intentional deceit; hypocrisy; deception |
| effigy | a crude image of a person; representation |
| emaciated | extremely thin; wasted away; shriveled |
| emulate | to imitate; try to be equal to |
| enamored | to be in love with; charmed; captivated |
| enhance | to increase the value or beauty of; improve |
| enigma | riddle; mystery; puzzle |
| enraptured | to be delighted beyond measure; enchanted |
| enunciate | to pronounce words clearly; articulate |
| erudite | scholarly; learned; bookish |
| ethnic | having to do with race or class; cultural; racial |
| evince | to show clearly; demonstrate |
| evoke | to call or draw forth; summon; conjure |
| exhort | urge; use words to inspire or excite others |
| exodus | a departure; withdrawl |
| expatriate | one who chooses to leave his native country |
| expedient | the best means to accomplish something; convenient; advantageous |
| explicit | clearly stated; exact; precise |
| expound | to explain; to set forth point by point |
| expunge | to erase; wipe out |
| extol | to praise highly; glorify; laud |
| extradite | to return a prisoner to the place the crime was committed |
| extraneous | not belonging; nonessential; irrelevant |
| extrovert | one who is outgoing; friendly; affable |
| exult | to rejoice over success; leap for joy |
| fallacy | a false or mistaken idea; error; untruth |
| feasible | reasonable; likely; possible |
| fiasco | a complete disaster; failure; debacle |
| fickle | likely to change without reason; vacillating; capricious |
| fluctuate | to move; to vary irregularly; waver |
| formidable | hard to overcome; menacing; dreadful |
| frowzy | unkempt; dirty; slovenly; untidy |
| frugal | not wasteful; thriftu; economical |
