| A | B |
|---|
| burnish | gloss, brightness, luster |
| ebullient | overflowing with enthusiasm and excitement |
| delectable | delightful, highly enjoyable; an appealing or appetizing food or dish |
| abrogate | to repeal, cancel, declare null and void |
| asperity | roughness, severity, bitterness, tartness |
| detritus | loose bits and pieces of material resulting from disintegration or wearing away |
| desuetude | disuse, the state of being discontinued |
| ambient | completely surrounding |
| cabal | a small group working in secret |
| deprecate | to express mild disapproval; to belittle |
| eclectic | drawn from different sources |
| sequester | to set apart, separate for a special purpose; to take possession of and hold in custody |
| moribund | dying, on the way out |
| necromancer | a magician or wizard |
| winnow | to sift through to obtain what is desirable; to blow on, fan |
| flaccid | limp, not firm; lacking vigor or effectiveness |
| rife | common, prevalent, happening often; full, abounding; plentiful, abundant |
| inexorable | inflexible, beyond influence; relentless |
| onerous | burdensome, oppressive; involving hardship or difficulty |
| emanate | to proceed or come forth from some point of origin, issue, originate; to send forth |
| impecunious | having little or no money |
| rudiments | the parts of any subject or discipline that are learned first; the earliest stages of anything |
