| A | B |
|---|
| baffle | to confuse |
| callous | unfeeling, tough, emotionally hardened |
| clandestine | kep or done in secret |
| convoluted | intricate, compilcated |
| deft | quick and skillful |
| dilettante | a lover of fine arts |
| dissident | one who disagrees |
| esoteric | meant for or understood by a specific grou; mysterious |
| evoke | to summon or call forth; to call to mind |
| fiasco | a complete failure; debacle |
| ftimace | a contortion of the face expressing pain, contempt, or disgust |
| indifferent | having no feeling for or against |
| inherent | existing as an essential characteristic |
| liaison | one who maintains a connection or link |
| naive | simple; lacking sophistcation |
| obsolete | no longer in use; outdated |
| paradigm | an example serving as a pattern or model; conceptual framework |
| philanthropy | the effort or enclination to increase human well-being; charity |
| precipitous | extremely steep |
| protocol | a code of correct conduct; forms of ceremony or etiquette |
| revert | to retun to a former condition |
| scintillate | to sparkle or shine; to be animated and brilliant |
| sullen | gloomy; showing silent resentment |
| usurp | to take over without right |
| winsome | charing in a childlike way |
