| A | B |
|---|
| effrontery | disrespectful boldness |
| enterprising | possessing imagination and iniative |
| forte | something at which a person excels |
| garrulously | talkative |
| impertinet | rude |
| ingratiate | to deliberately gain another's favor |
| intently | with concentrated effort |
| legacy | something left to future generations |
| looming | large and threatening |
| mollified | made calm; pacified |
| nomadic | without a home; wandering |
| parsimony | extreme economy with money |
| perennial | lasting many years; enduring |
| precept | a rule for a specific purpose |
| profusion | abundance |
| ravaged | destroyed |
| recommence | to begin again |
| ruminating | to think deeply about |
| solace | comfort in sorrow or distress |
| indictment | accusation |
| ascertain | to find out |
| beseech | to implore; beg |
| compulsory | required |
| contagion | the spreading of disease |
| corroding | gradually destructive |
| depostion | a written statement by a witness |
| devious | not straightforward; not trustworthy |
| emancipate | to free; liberate |
| endeavor | to make an earnest effort; to strive |
| formidable | difficult to defeat |
| abdicate | to give up responsibility for |
| abhor | to regard with disgust |
| begrudge | to resent another's possession of something |
| calamity | disaster |
| callow | immature |
| dank | damp and chilly |
| edible | fit to eat |
| faculty | mental abilities |
| feigned | pretended |
| edict | order put out by a person of authority |
| harbor | to shelter |
| immaculate | without stain |
| incense | to cause to be extremely angry |
| jubilant | joyful |
| laceration | a physical, mental, or emotional wound |
| lethargy | sluggishness and inactivity |
| magnanimity | generosity |
| malicious | wicked; spiteful |
| obliterate | completely wipe out; destroy |
| pallid | abnormally pale |
