| A | B |
|---|
| BOVINE | Pertaining to cows or cattle |
| CALLOW | Young and inexperienced |
| DICHOTOMY | A division in two parts |
| MACROSCOPIC | Visible to the naked eye |
| ADROIT | Skillful, clever |
| AFFECTATION | A phony attitude; pose |
| QUIDDITY | An essential quality |
| SEGACIOUS | Wise, having keen perception and sound judgment |
| OPULENT | Rich, luxurious; wealthy |
| BOOR | A rude or impolite person |
| PHILANTHROPY | The act of donating money or work to those in need |
| EPHEMERAL | Lasting only a brief time; short-lived |
| AMORPHOUS | Shapeless, formless; vague |
| RECTIFY | To correct; to make right |
| ENERVATE | To weaken |
| BESIEGE | To overwhelm; to surround and attack |
| IGNOBLE | Dishonorable; shameful |
| FACTIOUS | Causing disagreement |
| MAELSTROM | A whirlpool, turbulence; an agitated state of mind |
| EMENDATION | A correction |
| GLOAT | To look at or think about with great satisfaction |
| IMPALE | To pierce with a pointed object; to spear |
| EXTENUATE | To lessen seriousness by providing partial excuses |
| DIAPHANOUS | Very sheer and light |
| BAUBLE | A showy but useless thing |
| IMPEDIMENT | A barrier; an obstruction |
| SHARD | A fragment |
| NIHILISM | A total rejection of established laws |
| PEDESTRIAN | Ordinary or dull |
| EDIFY | To improve someone morally |
| BONA FIDE | In good faith |
| GLOWER | To stare angrily |
| CATACLYSM | A violent change |
| OBFUSCATE | To confuse; to bewilder |
| ANTITHESIS | An exact opposite; an opposite extreme |
| CHAGRIN | Embarrassment; a complete loss of courage |
| PAROCHIAL | Local; narrow; limited |
| AMBIGUOUS | Open to more than one interpretation |
| FORTUITOUS | Happening by chance or accident |
| DEMEANOR | Behavior; the manner of conducting oneself |
| IMPERATIVE | Extremely necessary; vitally important |
| FACETIOUS | Comical; jocular; flippant |
| RECAPITULATE | To summarize; to repeat briefly |
| BAROQUE | Overly decorated |
| OBLOQUY | Strong disapproval; a bad reputation resulting from public criticism |
| DEBACLE | A complete failure; a total collapse |
| IMPRECATION | A curse |
| NEBULOUS | Hazy; vague; uncertain |
| BOWDLERIZE | To remove offensive passages of a play, novel, etc. |
| DEFERENCE | Respect; consideration |
| PEDANTIC | Tending to show off one's learning |
| NON SEQUITIR | Something that does not logically follow |
| QUANDARY | A puzzling situation; a dilemma |
| EBULLIENT | Enthusiastic |
| ELUCIDATE | To make clear |
| IMMINENT | Likely to happen; threatening |
| SCURRILOUS | Coarsely abusive; vulgur |
| SEDULOUS | Hard working; diligent |
| OBDURATE | Stubborn; hardhearted |
| AFFLUENCE | Wealth; richness |
| PARODY | A work that imitates another in a ridiculous manner |
| ONEROUS | Burdensome; heavy; hard to endure |
